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ROKLive Digital Strategists Conference   

June 10th - 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
Mike Tomasco
Vice President, Digital Manufacturing, Pfizer
Pfizer: Changing Patients’ Lives Through the Digital Thread

To deliver on their purpose, ‘breakthroughs that change patients’ lives’, Pfizer is championing a multi-year initiative aimed at transforming their manufacturing operations into a seamless, data-driven insight engine that drives world-class performance throughout their enterprise. Hear Mike Tomasco, Pfizer’s Vice President of Digital Manufacturing, discuss their journey, including challenges, goals, innovations, metrics and more.

Key Takeaways:
  • Strong, executive sponsorship and a ‘blank slate’ approach to creating a strategy and vision are key. ‘Digital’ does not always mean fast.
  • Using video and internal social media to inform program participants and stakeholders is more engaging and powerful than traditional newsletter formats, reaches all levels and unleashes the organization’s collective power.
  • Upgrading security infrastructure across manufacturing sites can help to unlock shop floor data from outside of a site.
Mike Tomasco is a Vice President in Pfizer Digital with responsibility for leading Pfizer Global Supply’s (PGS) Digital Transformation. The goal of the program is to transform PGS through a business strategy driven focus on digitization applied end to end in across Manufacturing Operations. Mr. Tomasco has experience across strategy, marketing, finance, manufacturing and information systems for multinational companies and has successfully led several major transformational initiatives.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Tomasco was responsible for establishing and leading the execution of the PGS Business Technology Strategy focused on a 3-5 year time horizon driving new systems and change across the organization. Concurrent with this role, Mr. Tomasco was the Chief of Staff for the Vice President of PGS and Finance Business Technology. Upon joining Pfizer in 2006, Mr. Tomasco lead an Engineering systems program to transform Maintenance Management operations. This culminated with his leadership of the Engineering and Environment Health & Safety Business Technology team with a focus on optimizing operations and reducing the global system footprint from 500 to 200.

Prior to working at Pfizer, Mr. Tomasco spent 10 years at Accenture as an Information Technology and Management Consultant. His responsibilities over those 10 years included managing merger integration programs, leading global ERP (SAP) deployments, designing and building Web Content Management platforms and Human Performance solutions.
Norbord Embraces Technology to Empower Employees with Information and Remote Support

Norbord’s technology staff is often found at various production facilities working as a team with mill personnel.  This collaborative environment spurs innovation.  They set out to create the Norbord Analytics System (NAS) - an application-agnostic platform that will deliver diagnostic system information to empower employees to make trusted, data-driven decisions.  Hear more about this initiative at Norbord as TJ Schubert, Director, Controls, Automation and Technology discusses the journey and impressive results!
Teja (TJ) Schubert
Director, Controls, Automation and Technology
Norbord
Teja has more than 20 years of experience in Industrial Automation, having worked in the design, prototyping and commissioning of large-scale manufacturing facilities. With his unique and zealous approach, Teja has driven programs and solutions to improve operational effectiveness through modernization and transformation.  As Norbord’s Director of Automation and Controls he is leading the digital transformation from the plant floor up, utilizing technology to drive cultural change within the organization and unlock untapped potential.
Jani Puroranta
Chief Digital Officer, Metso
Metso Metrics: Predictive Maintenance and Asset Optimization for Minerals Processing


By 2050, mining and minerals processing will be highly autonomous and optimized.  Jani Puroranta discusses this important strategic digital initiative set into motion in early 2017.  The advancement of large-scale IIoT solutions is bringing reality to predictive maintenance and intelligent monitoring of minerals processing equipment. Even though various other solutions have emerged since, Metso Metrics remains the most deeply specialized solution and has the widest installed base across the world.
Jani Puroranta works as Chief Digital Officer at Metso, where he leads the company’s digital development and marketing efforts. This includes building analytics&AI, cloud-based technologies, ecommerce platforms, and establishing remote operations centers to support Metso’s customers 24/7.
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