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In 2016, Tony took over the RLA and became the Executive Director and Publisher after 12 years of active involvement on the Advisory Board and on Committees. In his 35 plus years in the consumer products industry, Tony has held various positions including 15 years in returns management at Philips. During his Philips years, Tony developed new reverse logistics strategies and implemented many new returns initiatives. He worked with retail partners and industry groups on best practices still being used. Tony then became an evangelist for improving the customer experience to reduce returns and their associated costs. Today, Tony is considered a subject matter expert in reverse logistics, and speaks for the industry at conferences all over the world.

Dr. Heitham Hassoun is an accomplished executive, clinician, and global healthcare leader. Currently he serves as the Vice President and Medical Director for International at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California. In this role, he leads the institution’s International patient services as well as global strategy and operations. He joined Cedars Sinai in 2018 and previously had served as Global Medical Director for Johns Hopkins Medicine and was an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine between 2012-2018. Dr. Hassoun is a multi-faceted clinician and global healthcare leader with a wealth of experience in international patient services, global collaborations, health system development, and academic medicine. He was instrumental in the creation of Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Johns Hopkins Medicine, as well as a number of other institutional management and affiliation agreements throughout the Middle East and Asia. Currently, he aims to expand the global footprint of Cedars-Sinai, a leading US academic medical center. Dr. Hassoun maintains a clinical practice in vascular and endovascular surgery, and he continues to educate and research in a variety of topics related to global collaborative healthcare and academic medicine. He completed his fellowship training in vascular and endovascular surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins.

GONZALO LOPEZ-POLIN is a versatile Supply Chain Executive with over 16 years’ progressive experience managing international strategic projects and teams at Saint-Gobain, a multinational company with $50 billion in annual revenue and 190,000 employees in 60 countries. A results oriented strategic thinker, Mr. Lopez-Polin currently holds the role of Director of Supply Chain at Saint-Gobain CertainTeed Insulation North America, managing 160 people and a budget of $60M, reporting to the Group’s President and serving as a member of the Executive team. During his tenure at Saint-Gobain, Mr. Lopez-Polin has lived and worked internationally in France, UK, Morocco, Spain and North America leading projects involving customer service, S&OP, process improvement and implementing SAP. Mr. Lopez-Polin has a successful track record of leading complex mergers and acquisitions, managing world-class supply chain programs, and providing financial management. Fluent in three languages, English/Spanish/French, Mr. Lopez-Polin is a proven leader, with a demonstrated ability to manage people as well as processes. In addition to supply chain, he has managed finance, Audit and IT projects across multinational boundaries. Representative accomplishments include:  Defined a new Value Proposition and executed an improvement program leading to customer service improvement (CSI from 92% to 96%), $15M annual profit increase and 15 days of working inventory reduction.  Successful implementation of a new S&OP process for tactical planning ensuring the alignment of Sales & Marketing, Planning, Production, WH and Transportation.  With a specific focus on Customer Service streamlined communication between Supply Chain, Sales and the Customer.  Implemented cost improvement through product simplification, regional freight bidding, external warehousing and other outsourced services reductions.  Implemented SAP ERP including APO and ATP as well as QlikView for reporting.  Won Supply Chain Award for best 2019 Saint-Gobain’s worldwide business improver.  Instrumental in improving CertainTeed’s IG operating profit from – $43M in 2017 to +$30M in 2019. Mr. Lopez-Polin graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Madrid Spain with the equivalent of a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Throughout his career, Mr. Lopez – Polin has been known for getting the job done and making things happen to the betterment of the companies he has served. As a strong team player and contributor, he has gained a reputation for dependability and technical savvy, and for bringing extraordinary value to his positions. Having moved from Europe, Mr. Lopez-Polin has been living in the US for the past 3 years with Teresa, his wife who is an Architect, and 3-year-old son Bosco. In his off-time Mr. Lopez-Polin enjoys tennis and skiing as well as reading about international economics.

Michael has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of process improvement, technology and innovation. Most recently, he served as the Deputy Director of Public Safety, Business Services & City Technology for the City of Irvine, California. Michael is extremely passionate about technology, and believes through innovation, workforce development and collaboration, we can create brighter and sustainable communities. Michael received his B.S. in Management from Pepperdine University followed by an M.S. in Executive Management from the University of Southern California.

Cheron Lessmeister is the business development manager for CIPS Americas and is an experienced sales professional and business development expert. She has a proven track record in fostering and nurturing long-term relationships with enterprise and Fortune 500 companies. With CIPS, she consults with organizations to upskill their procurement teams, making them best in class, by showing companies how and where they can improve.

Eren Yılmaz is currently in Stanley Black & Decker’s CoE for Industry 4.0 as Director of Industry 4.0 Innovation. Prior to joining SBD, Eren took various leadership roles in management consulting, home appliances, aerospace and automotive industries with a focus on R&D effectiveness, innovation, digital transformation and technology. Eren received various awards in innovation and Industry 4.0 and completed a successful turnaround as a COO. Eren earned his MBA in Technology management from ESMT in Germany and has a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Gazi University. He is an active CSSBB, CMA, PMP, co-chair of Financial Digital Twin chapter in Digital Twin Consortium and serves in the advisory council of IISE.

Born to genius scientists who met in Engineering Physics, Dr. Michael has taught holistic health for over four decades, including inventing the 1st effective “Scalar Healing Light Chamber” in 1978 in her Salon of Health. Dr. Michael’s lifelong, award-winning work in applied integrative biophysics has earned prestigious recognition, such as Presidential and International Who’s Who, lecturing at the […]

Daniel Corliss is an Employee Benefits and Healthcare professional of more than 10 years. Daniel specializes in self-funded health and benefit planning advising to brokers and agencies and operates his core advisory firm DC Advisory, LLC as well as a plan risk-management partner agency, Business Stimulus Partners, LLC along with his three other health plan […]

Ms. Navarro has been in ophthalmology administration and management for seven years. She has experience with both large corporations as well as small, single-owner practices in positions ranging from front desk to technician to supervision and upper management. In addition, she has in-depth knowledge in ambulatory surgery center operations and accreditation and has overseen infection […]

Spiritual Coach, Energy & Rock Positioning Expert, Speaker, Author, and CEO, Michal Mael has been in the business of semi-precious stones since the age of 10. Affectionately known as “The Queen of Rocks,” Michal is best known for selecting and creating opulent energy pieces called Nature’s Art Décor™ and importing and exporting them worldwide. She’s […]

Tatyana Kanzaveli has gone from a programmer to senior executive at Big 5 to founder and CEO of a startup company along her 20 year career, recognized as a thought leader, mentor for her ability to guide Fortune 500 and startup companies through business challenges. She’s worked for major companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers and Fujitsu and […]

Philippe has more than 28 years of Supply Chain experience with companies such as Procter & Gamble, L’Oréal, The Body Shop, Pepsico and Baxter, with positions at country, regional and global levels. Connecting the dots between suppliers , factories, distribution centers and customers has always been his core expertise, more recently with a digital transformation spirit. He has worked in France, England, South Africa, Brazil, China, Mexico and currently lives in the United States.

received his doctorate in dental medicine from Tufts University; his training in behavioral science and oral surgery at the University of Rochester; his master’s degree in public health from Harvard University, and subsequently earned multiple awards as an author, filmmaker, energy medicine pioneer, and […]

In 2016, Tony took over the RLA and became the Executive Director and Publisher after 12 years of active involvement on the Advisory Board and on Committees. In his 35 plus years in the consumer products industry, Tony has held various positions including 15 years in returns management at Philips. During his Philips years, Tony […]

is the Founder and President of The Moore Group LLC, a start-up focused on helping clients develop and implement organizational strategy including innovation, learning and transformation initiatives that enable game-changing outcomes for 21st Century competitiveness. He is currently supporting strategy efforts for a Major DOD Acquisition Program, the NDAA 2020 National Energetic Materials […]