Orlando A. Serani
Janssen
Program Architect: CAR-T: Advanced Cell Therapies Supply Chain
As of May 2018, Orlando leads the program strategy for the recently announced Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells therapeutic area. This includes digital strategies, supply chain network design, and supply chain capability development for this therapy platform, currently targeted as a last line of defense for multiple myeloma.
Previously, Orlando was Vice President, Information Technology, Customer and Logistics Services: the logistics and customer services organization which serves all Johnson & Johnson businesses globally. Additionally, he also led the technology organization of the Consumer Medical Devices supply chain, including diabetes, contact lenses, and vision surgery products and services.
Orlando began his career with the Johnson & Johnson Consumer business in Italy in 1988. After a Foreign Service National assignment with the United States Information Agency in Rome, Italy from 1990 until 1992, he rejoined Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, where he held diverse positions in R&D, Sales and Marketing, and IT. In 2010, as part of the announcement of the Johnson & Johnson enterprise supply chain, he led the development of strategies to further establish and create new business services including safe and secure supply chain (i.e. anti-counterfeit, serialization, track and trace), enterprise-wide internal and external technology standards (enterprise master data, GS1, UDI, RFID), and new channel management strategies (ecommerce, demand sensing, distribution and transportation optimization).
Orlando holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. He has been actively involved in several industry forums focused to the development and adoption of industry standards, including the development and adoption of the ISBT-128 transfusion medicine, including current membership in the US GS1 technical advisory group. He is a member of the program advisory board for the graduate supply chain program of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Silberman College of Business. He is an active speaker for the South Asian Professional Network Association (SAPNA) and Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement (HOLA) enterprise groups, and a sponsor for the African American Leadership Council (AALC). He is active in his community, especially on activities focused on raising awareness of social and health issues.
Previously, Orlando was Vice President, Information Technology, Customer and Logistics Services: the logistics and customer services organization which serves all Johnson & Johnson businesses globally. Additionally, he also led the technology organization of the Consumer Medical Devices supply chain, including diabetes, contact lenses, and vision surgery products and services.
Orlando began his career with the Johnson & Johnson Consumer business in Italy in 1988. After a Foreign Service National assignment with the United States Information Agency in Rome, Italy from 1990 until 1992, he rejoined Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, where he held diverse positions in R&D, Sales and Marketing, and IT. In 2010, as part of the announcement of the Johnson & Johnson enterprise supply chain, he led the development of strategies to further establish and create new business services including safe and secure supply chain (i.e. anti-counterfeit, serialization, track and trace), enterprise-wide internal and external technology standards (enterprise master data, GS1, UDI, RFID), and new channel management strategies (ecommerce, demand sensing, distribution and transportation optimization).
Orlando holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University. He has been actively involved in several industry forums focused to the development and adoption of industry standards, including the development and adoption of the ISBT-128 transfusion medicine, including current membership in the US GS1 technical advisory group. He is a member of the program advisory board for the graduate supply chain program of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Silberman College of Business. He is an active speaker for the South Asian Professional Network Association (SAPNA) and Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement (HOLA) enterprise groups, and a sponsor for the African American Leadership Council (AALC). He is active in his community, especially on activities focused on raising awareness of social and health issues.