Science and Technology stimulate the Nottingham Economy: two leading entrepreneurs and BBC Journalist Rob Pittam
Seminar
Thu Mar 18, 2010
18:00 - 20:30
Nottingham's Science City status has been the catalyst for business and science collaboration and encouraged entrepreneurs with vision, inspiration and original thinking to seize powerful commercial opportunities. In this competitive market environment successful science and technology leaders have accelerated their own business growth and played a key role in stimulating the city's local economy.
These free leadership events for SMEs are part of a pioneering series. We will hear from two business leaders who will share their thoughts in an informal Q & A session with BBC Journalist Rob Pittam.
Keith Williams, Founder and CEO, Good Products
Good Products provides enterprise content management (ECM) solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors. Created to address regulatory and legal pressures through elements of ECM, the company has grown from small beginnings to become a global leader in the area of document management on a Microsoft SharePoint Platform.
Keith Williams, who founded Good Products in 2006, has over 18 years' BioPharmaceutical consultancy experience, particularly in computer systems validation, and computerised systems training in manufacturing, clinical and laboratory environments. He has a BSc in Genetics and Microbiology and an MSc in Biochemical Engineering. he is a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and has designed, validated and managed BioPharmaceutical facilities in the UK, Europe and the US.
Stefan Ogrodzinski, Founder and CEO, BioStatus
BioStatus invents, develops and markets novel reagents for use in cell-based research, drug screening and healthcare diagnostics. Its customers, based in over 30 countries worldwide, are provided with highly innovative tools that offer significant advantages to both routine and research-orientated cell-based analysis.
Stefan Ogrodzinski founded BioStatus in 2000 and since that time has led the business as its CEO. His career has spanned the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare, voluntary and educational sectors, where he has given 20 years of sales, marketing, management and directorship experience. He has a BSc in Toxicology and Pharmacology and an MBA from De Montfort University. His numerous directorships include Medilink East Midlands, BioCity, BioSuspensions and Mobius Life Sciences Investment Fund.
These events are organised by NDE http://www.nde.org.uk/ and funded by Greater Nottingham Partnership.
Cost: Free