SPEAKER BIOS
2017 A-CAPP CENTER
RETURN ON INVESTMENT SPEAKERS ( CONT .)
Lisa McCann is a Senior Manager for Avaya , a global provider of business and communications engagement solutions . In her role within the Client Services and Brand Protection team , Lisa leads special pricing discount abuse and gray market investigations globally and has been instrumental in key training and other related initiatives , working closely with sales teams and channel partners . Since beginning her career as an internal audit consultant , she has held various roles related to financial and operational auditing with a focus in sales and other compensation and promotional programs . She joined Avaya in 2014 as part of the Sales Operations team where she held a similar role with primary responsibility for Asia Pacific and Caribbean and Latin America regions . Lisa serves as a Director for AGMA – the Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement – a unique alliance of IP rights holders as members that addresses gray market , counterfeiting , and warranty fraud , and digital IP . She holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts - International Business / Spanish degrees from Washington State University . Lisa is also a Certified Public Accountant ( CPA ), Certified Fraud Examiner ( CFE ), and Certified Internal Auditor ( CIA ).
Rich Kaeser is the Vice President of Global Brand Protection at Johnson and Johnson . He leads J & J ’ s enterprise-level brand protection function , with responsibility for combatting illicit trade across all J & J business segments — pharmaceutical , medical device and consumer — and operating companies worldwide . In his 25-year career with J & J , Rich has served in various leadership roles within J & J ’ s medical device segment , including most recently as Vice President of US Sales for Cordis , a maker of interventional cardiovascular and endovascular devices . Other prior commercial roles have included Vice President of Strategic Customer Development for Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems , and Director of Sales and Marketing for CardioVations , a division of Ethicon . Mr . Kaeser also led Ethicon ’ s renowned Endo-Surgery Institute for two years . In his current role , Rich applies his extensive commercial go-to-market and strategic planning experience toward developing and implementing effective brand protection programs for J & J ’ s patients , consumers and brands . Mr . Kaeser is also the recipient of numerous leadership awards from J & J and has served on several boards , including the American Society for Bariatric Surgery and the Society for Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology . He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition ( IACC ).
Shaila Vaidya received her PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi , where she received Dean ’ s Distinguished Outstanding Graduate student award . After graduation , Dr . Vaidya joined DuPont and over the past 29 years has worked in various R & D , application development and quality control and technical marketing roles in the US , Singapore , China and India . She holds over 10 patents and received the distinguished DuPont Corporate Marketing Excellence award . In 2007 she joined the Crop Protection businesses , working on alliance networking , quality assurance / monitoring in Asia and brand protection . Over the past 9 years she has worked with a global anti-counterfeit / brand protection team and now leads the Global Anti-Counterfeit / Brand Protection team for DuPont Crop Protection . Dr . Vaidya was selected January 2016 as a member of the A-CAPP Industry Advisory Board .
Will Demeré is an assistant professor of accountancy at the University of Missouri . He received his PhD in Accounting and Information Systems from Michigan State University and his BS and MS in Accounting and Information Systems from Virginia Tech . Will teaches advanced auditing and risk management , and has previously taught courses in cost and managerial accounting , financial accounting , and information systems . His research focuses on corporate governance , performance evaluation and incentives , human capital , and developing new approaches to measurement . Prior to receiving his PhD , Will worked as an external auditor at Deloitte , and as an Instructor in the Accounting and Information Systems Department at Virginia Tech .
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2017 A-CAPP CENTER
SPEAKER
BIOS
RETURN ON INVESTMENT SPEAKERS (CONT.)
Lisa McCann is a Senior Manager for Avaya, a global provider of business and
communications engagement solutions. In her role within the Client Services and
Brand Protection team, Lisa leads special pricing discount abuse and gray market
investigations globally and has been instrumental in key training and other related
initiatives, working closely with sales teams and channel partners. Since beginning
her career as an internal audit consultant, she has held various roles related to financial
and operational auditing with a focus in sales and other compensation and
promotional programs. She joined Avaya in 2014 as part of the Sales Operations team
where she held a similar role with primary responsibility for Asia Pacific and Caribbean
and Latin America regions. Lisa serves as a Director for AGMA – the Alliance for Gray
Market and Counterfeit Abatement – a unique alliance of IP rights holders as members
that addresses gray market, counterfeiting, and warranty fraud, and digital IP. She holds a
Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts - International Business/Spanish
degrees from Washington State University. Lisa is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA),
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).
Rich Kaeser is the Vice President of Global Brand Protection at Johnson and Johnson. He
leads J&J’s enterprise-level brand protection function, with responsibility for combatting
illicit trade across all J&J business segments—pharmaceutical, medical device and
consumer—and operating companies worldwide. In his 25-year career with J&J, Rich has
served in various leadership roles within J&J’s medical device segment, including most
recently as Vice President of US Sales for Cordis, a maker of interventional cardiovascular and
endovascular devices. Other prior commercial roles have included Vice President of Strategic
Customer Development for Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, and Director of Sales
and Marketing for CardioVations, a division of Ethicon. Mr. Kaeser also led Ethicon’s renowned
Endo-Surgery Institute for two years. In his current role, Rich applies his extensive commercial
go-to-market and strategic planning experience toward developing and implementing
effective brand protection programs for J&J’s patients, consumers and brands. Mr. Kaeser is
also the recipient of numerous leadership awards from J&J and has served on several boards,
including the American Society for Bariatric Surgery and the Society for Cardiovascular and
Interventional Radiology. He currently serves on the Board of �ɕ�ѽ�́���ѡ��%�ѕɹ�ѥ����)�Ѥ�
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