Mike Acton
Company
AbbVie
Location
North Chicago, IL
Mark Bacchus
Company
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Location
Washington, DC
Mark received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Florida State University in 1998. Mark has been at Toyota for 28 years with 18 years of experience in the Materials Engineering Division developing textiles, plastics, and other materials. Mark is now working in the Chemical & Materials Stewardship Department within the Regulatory Affairs & Environmental Sustainability Division in Washington, DC, leading TMNA global efforts on chemical and materials advocacy.
Bret Berry
Company
Vy Spine, LLC
Location
Bountiful, UT
Bret Berry is a co-founder and co-owner of Vy Spine, a growing spinal implant manufacturer focused on new technologies and flexible, cost-effective patient care. He began his engineering career designing components for armored vehicles with General Dynamics Land Systems Division. He then moved into the field of spinal implants with Medtronic Sofamor Danek, where he designed, patented, and brought numerous products to market. After a short stint with Medtronic’s ENT Division, Bret joined Amedica as Manager of Spinal Technologies. At Amedica, he developed their Quality System and gained the first FDA clearance for Silicon Nitride in the human body and subsequently in the spine. In 2006, he co-founded Reliance Medical Systems, continuing to bring innovative products to the spinal market. With over 60 issued patents and numerous pending applications, Bret has patented products ranging from orthopedic devices to neural monitoring equipment to football protective gear. He was invited to serve as an inaugural member of the AAOS/FDA Orthopedic Medical Devices Innovation Town Hall. Bret received his BS in Mechanical Engineering, with Minors in Mathematics and Physics, from Florida State University in 1999 and his MBA from Colorado State University in 2007. He was also a member of the 1997 Florida State Sugar Bowl Champion football team. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering since 2021.
Ruben Carbonell, Ph.D.
Company
Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Location
Raleigh, NC
Stuart Cooper, Ph.D.
Company
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ohio State University
Location
Columbus, OH
Jeremy R. Cummings, Ph.D.
Company
CEO and Consulting Forensic Biomedical Engineering Expert
Cummings Scientific, LLC
Location
Tallahassee, FL
Greg Flickinger, Ph.D.
Company
COO, Nobell Foods
Richard King
Company
Supply Chain Engineering
General Mills
Jason Maxwell
Company
KaMin
Location
Sandersville, GA
Jason Maxwell is the Vice President of Operations at KaMin Solutions, a company focused on mining and processing kaolin. Maxwell joined KaMin Solutions (formerly J.M. Huber Corporation) in 2003, and has served in a variety of roles including Plant and Product Manager. Mr. Maxwell has over 21 years of industry experience and has previously held leadership and engineering positions at Owens Corning Fiberglass, Alcatel and Transitions Optical. He also currently serves on a number of boards ranging from the Georgia Mining Foundation (Treasurer), the Georgia Mining Association (Treasurer), the FAMU/FSU Engineering Advisory Board, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board, and a member of local community boards and other associations. Mr. Maxwell earned his M.B.A. from Georgia College and State University in 2009 and his B.S. in chemical engineering from Florida State University in 1999.
Nathan Morgan
Company
Savanah River National Laboratory
Location
Augusta, GA
Kristine Ramos
Company
Space Launch System B1B Program
Boeing Corporation
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
Tiffany Rau, Ph.D.
Company
Owner and Principal Consultant of Rau Consulting
Partner in BioPharma Technical Consulting Ltd
Location
Ireland
Tiffany D Rau, Ph.D., Owner and Principal Consultant of Rau Consulting and a Partner in Bio Pharma Technical Consulting Ltd (Ireland) and is an expert in bioprocessing and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Her international technical and managerial experience extends from development to post-commercial cGMP manufacturing. Dr. Rau has been instrumental in designing and leading initiatives to bring R&D and manufacturing together, increasing speed to market and minimizing technology transfer challenges. Dr. Rau has been the advisor on over 100 different projects in the areas of process intensification, scale-up, variability reduction, and continuous improvement for both mammalian and microbial expression systems and with recent focus in cell and gene therapies Previously, Dr. Rau has held leadership positions at Evonik-Degussa, Eli Lilly, Pall and GlaxoSmithKline all focused in process development, tech transfer, commercial manufacturing, and CMC strategy. Dr. Rau has over 75 invited speaking engagements focused on delivering current and next-generation products from R and D to commercialization/post-commercialization. Tiffany is also active in the scientific community and was the Program Chair for the Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology meeting (2015-2019) and has organized numerous sessions at the SIMB National Meetings (Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology) and ECI Cell Culture Engineering meetings. Tiffany is involved in academia and was part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Capstone engineering program for many years, as well as Vanderbilt University’s Capstone program, where she was the first industry participant, and is now active in the ESBES-ACS Design Competition. She is also on Vanderbilt’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering External Advisory Board as well as Florida State's advisory board. Her students' past work has focused on designing manufacturing facilities for biotechnology processes, including regenerative medicine, cell therapies, MAbs, and vaccines. AICHE’s National Design Competition Committee is chaired by Tiffany, and she is part of the organizing committee for ACS/ESBES International Biotechnology Design Competition. She is also an editor of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (JIMB) – Special Issues. Tiffany earned her BSE degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
Sean F. Scanlan, Ph.D.
Company
Chief Innovation Officer
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
Location
Ponte Vedra, FL
Kevin Warner, P.E.
Company
Geosyntec, Inc.
Location
Tallahassee, FL
Mr. Kevin Warner, P.E., is Principal Engineer at Geosyntec, Inc, a global environmental services company with an office in Tallahassee, FL. He was previously with LFR Levine-‐Fricke (precursor to Arcadis), ABB Environmental Services, and Brown Testing Laboratories. He received his MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Florida State University in 1998 and also holds an MS degree in Civil Engineering. He has been a licensed professional engineer in the State of Florida for over 20 years. Over the past 26 years, he has evaluated, designed, and implemented well over 500 groundwater and soil remediation systems using various remedial technologies. He provides guidance on implementing operations and maintenance programs to optimize the performance of remedial systems. He also serves as an internal peer reviewer for remedial designs at ARCADIS and frequently reviews other consultants' remedial designs for major private and government clients. Mr. Warner has served on the External Advisory Board of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering since 2002.