Joe Moore, Ph.D.

ACS Career Consultant | Panelist

Joseph (Joe) Moore is a global New Business Development Manager at IFF Microbial Control based in Wilmington, DE. Joe is responsible for evaluating business opportunities in new and adjacent industrial materials preservation markets.  Previously, he spent 6 years in customer-centric applications and technical service roles.

Joe holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he designed and synthesized chemical tools to influence bacterial communication. He is the author of over 10 scientific publications in academic and industrial journals and has presented at chemistry, bacteriology, and industry conferences across North America.

Susan Hartmann, M.B.A.

Panelist

Susan (Suzy) Hartmann is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she earned a BA in Chemistry; Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, where she earned an MS in Organic Chemistry; and the Richard Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University, where she earned an MBA with a focus on Management and Entrepreneurship.

A self-proclaimed “practitioner of transformation,” Suzy spent over a decade in pharmaceutical R&D with Monsanto, Pharmacia, and Pfizer. In 2011, after earning her MBA, Suzy transitioned into higher education and joined the Richard Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University, first as Associate Director, then as Assistant Dean of Graduate Business Programs. She was also Head of Serum and Media Sourcing at MilliporeSigma, where she led a global team responsible for the sourcing of raw materials for enzyme and antibody production. A Gallup-Certified Strengths coach, she is currently “Chief Velocity Officer” of her own coaching and consulting company, Elemental Strengths Additionally, she teaches Management and Leadership courses at the Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University, and serves as Executive Director of MEDLaunch, the university’s student-run healthcare startup incubator program.