Keynote Speaker

Mr. Josh John

Marketing Research, Respiratory

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Western CT State University

Keynote Address:

Driving Efficiencies and Optimizing Resources in a Fast-Paced Marketing Environment

Bio

Josh John graduated from Western Connecticut State in December 2008 with a degree in Management Information Systems and a double minor in Information Security and Financial Accounting. During his junior year Josh began his career with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. He started as an intern in their Payroll Department and was hired into Accounts Payable just three months into his internship.

Josh spent February 2007 to April 2009 in Accounts Payable where he was instrumental in the outsourcing of the Purchase to Pay Process. He spent 8 weeks in India supporting the outsource and training the team.

Beginning April 2009, Josh started in Sourcing Operations as the purchasing card administrator and supported business process mapping and analysis. In May 2010, Josh moved into a Senior Buyer role supporting Marketing & Sales where he was responsible for global sourcing strategy. In May 2011, Josh was promoted to a Global Sourcing Manager where he implemented a vendor evaluation system and a spend categorization process.

In November 2011, he moved to Marketing as a Speaker Bureau Operations Manager where he focuses on processes, methods and systems related to Peer-to-Peer Marketing.

In addition to his core job, Josh recently began two rotational assignments in Established Brands Marketing and Marketing Research supporting the Respiratory Franchise.

 

For more information, call Susan Maskel at (203) 837-8799 or Emilio Collar at (203) 837-8903 if you have any questions.

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