All-Star Teams AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Sage Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical

At the 5th Annual LTEN Excellence Awards, teams from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Sage Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceutical were honored as finalists in the All-Star Teams category. The team members are:

CVRM (CV, Renal, Metabolic) Training Team, AstraZeneca

The CVRM training team successfully partnered with the business to deliver on several key priorities, including a product launch in a new area, a competitive selling skills learning experience and a continuing education platform that elevated clinical acumen for 3,000 representatives.

Chris Quinn, director commercial learning and development, CVRM
Chris Staino, CVMD trainer
Tony Papola, CVMD trainer
Michael Eugene, CVMD trainer
Danielle Guarini, CVMD trainer
Donna Weatherford Brown, commercial learning manager, CVMD
Sharon Moy, renal trainer
Robert Rogers, Ph.D., commercial clinical training manager

Business & Leadership Development Team, Boehringer Ingelheim

The team developed and implemented a comprehensive Coaching Academy to build the best leaders and coaches, a multi-year program that in less than one year developed and executed six coaching academies that every regional leadership team (300+ leaders/coaches) attended together.

Jay Pulawski, associate director, business & leadership development, Boehringer Ingelheim
Doug Cox, associate director, business & leadership development, Boehringer Ingelheim
Karla Shaffer, associate director, business & leadership development, Boehringer Ingelheim
Summer Ellison, associate director, business & leadership development, Boehringer Ingelheim
Milt Lowder, Ph.D., performance psychologist, Synergy Performance
Drew Brannon, Ph.D., performance psychologist, Synergy Performance

Center for Excellence, Genentech

The team banded together and found efficiencies related to training support, coordination, logistics, planning and communication. In addition to restructuring the way work was done, the team supported 266 trainings and 534 requests with minimum disruption to training teams.

Zack Rhoades, associate director
Aryal Afifi, manager
Curt Peterson, manager
Briana Rodriguez, training coordinator
Anna Indig, training coordinator
Denise Foye, training coordinator
Lisa Annuzzi, training coordinator
Sarah Ansari, training coordinator
Wennie Conedy, training coordinator
Mustafa Karim, training coordinator
Fatema Mosammem, training coordinator
Traci Zech, training coordinator
Julie Walsh, training coordinator
Mark Anorico, training coordinator
Lauri Binsfeld, training coordinator
Aisha Saylor, training coordinator
Shamy Kor, training coordinator
Melissa Perseveranda, training coordinator
Mike Anorico, training coordinator
Taylor Milla, training coordinator

Commercial Learning & Development, Gilead Sciences

The department established itself as a valued and trusted business partner by partnering strategically with the commercial organization to assess learning needs, create innovative training solutions and support pull-through initiatives aimed at driving business results, elevating the curriculum for more than 1,100 individuals.

Laura Briggs, director, commercial learning & development
Danielle Davis, senior director, commercial learning & development
Marianne Ward, director, commercial learning & development
David Nguyen, executive director, commercial learning & development
Mike Sanfilippo, manager, commercial learning & development
Angela Nordhus, associate director, commercial learning & development
Jerry Bosnjakovic, manager, commercial learning & development
Andrew Nemiccolo, director, commercial learning & development
Jona Kota, senior manager, commercial learning & development
Aleshni Singh, senior manager, commercial learning & development
Trent Berrier, director, commercial learning & development
Chris Van Vleet, associate director, commercial learning & development
Sean Collins, director, marketing
Dan Cullen, manager, commercial learning & development
Kathryn Tawakol, director, commercial learning & development
Dawn Korth, learning operations, commercial learning & development
Fortune Gutierrez, administrative coordinator, commercial learning & development
Lisa Talbott, manager, commercial learning & development
Chris Brann, senior manager, commercial learning & development

Commercial Training Team, Sage Therapeutics

Only one year old, the team has crafted performance competencies for all field employees, created the company’s sales model, built out the learning and development infrastructure, onboarded more 300 new employees and created award-winning training.

Leslie Mason, director, commercial training
Taylor Spector, Ph.D., associate director, commercial training
Chuck Karvelas, associate director, commercial training
Jared Pollino, senior manager, patient support services trainer
Taryn Westerkamp, senior field trainer, commercial operations coordinator

Trintellix Commercial Learning & Development Team, Takeda Pharmaceutical

Based on new clinical study data that was added to the product label for Trintellix, the team was able to deliver an exemplary training workshop that created patient empathy and elevated the confidence and capabilities of the salesforce to communicate the new data and shift customer mindsets.