Dow’s Global Director of Digitalization, Billy Bardin, explains digitalization in a remarkably clear terms: What it is, why it has the attention of industry leaders, and perhaps most importantly, how it will impact your future
Chuck Crawford, the Chief Innovation Officer at GOJO Industries - which manufactures Purell - discusses how the company has responded to the unprecedented demand for its product, and why the future of hand hygiene will never be the same
Mark Noe, Pfizer’s Vice President of Discovery Sciences, has had a ringside seat as Pfizer, and its partner, BioNTech, developed and rolled-out their COVID-19 vaccine. Mark takes us behind the scenes to help us better understand how the vaccine came to be
Amy Ripka, CEO, Lucy Therapeutics, explains how playing the violin professionally is great training for drug discovery work, why she rejects the command and control approach modeled by many biotech CEOs, and explains how climate science and ecology may contribute to a cure for Alzheimer’s
Karin Briner, VP, Global Discovery Chemistry with Novartis, explains how the work conducted in the pharma industry has changed in the wake of the pandemic, and additional changes she projects for the future
Victor Aguilar, P&G’s Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer, talks about what he has learned about innovation, P&G’s efforts toward more sustainable packaging, and what fuels his passion for diversity and inclusion in the workplace
As part of our ACS Boss Talk feature in 2020, we posed hundreds of questions to leading industry executives. Here are some of the most interesting responses we received last year
William Provine, President and CEO, Delaware Innovation Space, predicts how DuPont will evolve over the next ten years, explains why those doing something new need to view events as ‘learnings’ vs. success/failure, and what motivates him to volunteer his time to help prepare tomorrow’s socially responsible young leaders
Jag Reddy, Grace’s Vice President of Strategy and Growth, shares his thoughts on partnering vs. competing, the non-technical skills he values in his scientists, and what he’s learned about himself during the pandemic
Stephan Habif, L’Oreal’s Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation shares his approach to innovation, technological trends in industry, and how consumer demands influence his research
Carlonda R. Reilly, Kennametal’s VP and CTO, shares her keys for successfully delivering innovation to the marketplace, lists the technology trends she is most closely monitoring, and more
Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech CEO, explains how to avoid the ‘trap of forming predictions from a tightly focused position of expertise’, why she left a great career at UOP, and how to lead teams
Margaret Faul explains her passion for working with others to advance the role of women in process chemistry, the essential traits for successful leaders of people, the non-technical skills she highly values in her staff, and what she misses most from Ireland
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