Presented By: Industrial & Operations Engineering
LUNCH & LEARN: "A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!" — Heather Mason
This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.
Title:
A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!
Abstract:
Your degree will lend itself to such a wide variety of businesses and roles - you are really only limited by your, and perhaps your potential employer’s, imagination. Where there are processes, problems to solve and the need for integration, your education will serve you well. As will well-developed “softer” skill, including creativity, listening, speaking, writing, managing and leading. Let’s explore options as you consider your place in the world after Ann Arbor (or wherever you are Zooming from)!
Bio:
Heather Mason is an accomplished corporate executive, leader, and strategist with 25+ years of experience building and restructuring organizations for rapid, sustained growth. Throughout her career, she has steered multibillion-dollar businesses through major industry and economic changes- growing profits and outpacing competitors around the world.
For most of her career, Heather served as corporate officer of Abbott Laboratories. As head of Abbott Nutrition, she overhauled the $7B consumer-focused business to deliver products that were first and fast to market, with rising gross margin profiles. Her efforts increased free cash flow and delivered above-market growth in China, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. Before directing the nutrition business, Heather served as senior vice president of the $1.3B Diabetes Care division. In this position, she led the creation of the revolutionary FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system, which prompted to-to-bottom organizational transformation and has since generated >$1B in annual revenue.
In prior roles, she launched blockbuster products (HUMIRA®, LAETRA®, AND BIAXIN®), drove >20% top-line growth in Latin America, shaped a groundbreaking pricing and access approach to the global HIV pandemic, and rolled out new products in Brazil, China, India, and Russia. Heather continually unearthed new ways to reach global markets, and boldly challenged the status quo with regard to pricing and reimbursement- applying deep knowledge of market drivers to overtake the competition.
As a core contributor to boards and executive committees, Heather has charted the course for global, national, and local organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Assertio Therapeutics asa member of both the audit and compensation committees; Advisory board member and co-chairs of the Innovation Committee for the University of Michigan College of Engineering; Steering Committee member for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Kilts Center for Marketing; she’s on the Board of Directors of Kids in Danger, a consumer safety organization; she was Board Chair of the Institute for FOrmula Manufacturers; she served on the Board of Directors of the California Life Sciences Association, and chaired the Board of Directors for Bay Bio’s foundation, Bay Bio Institute.
Heather holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Title:
A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!
Abstract:
Your degree will lend itself to such a wide variety of businesses and roles - you are really only limited by your, and perhaps your potential employer’s, imagination. Where there are processes, problems to solve and the need for integration, your education will serve you well. As will well-developed “softer” skill, including creativity, listening, speaking, writing, managing and leading. Let’s explore options as you consider your place in the world after Ann Arbor (or wherever you are Zooming from)!
Bio:
Heather Mason is an accomplished corporate executive, leader, and strategist with 25+ years of experience building and restructuring organizations for rapid, sustained growth. Throughout her career, she has steered multibillion-dollar businesses through major industry and economic changes- growing profits and outpacing competitors around the world.
For most of her career, Heather served as corporate officer of Abbott Laboratories. As head of Abbott Nutrition, she overhauled the $7B consumer-focused business to deliver products that were first and fast to market, with rising gross margin profiles. Her efforts increased free cash flow and delivered above-market growth in China, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. Before directing the nutrition business, Heather served as senior vice president of the $1.3B Diabetes Care division. In this position, she led the creation of the revolutionary FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system, which prompted to-to-bottom organizational transformation and has since generated >$1B in annual revenue.
In prior roles, she launched blockbuster products (HUMIRA®, LAETRA®, AND BIAXIN®), drove >20% top-line growth in Latin America, shaped a groundbreaking pricing and access approach to the global HIV pandemic, and rolled out new products in Brazil, China, India, and Russia. Heather continually unearthed new ways to reach global markets, and boldly challenged the status quo with regard to pricing and reimbursement- applying deep knowledge of market drivers to overtake the competition.
As a core contributor to boards and executive committees, Heather has charted the course for global, national, and local organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Assertio Therapeutics asa member of both the audit and compensation committees; Advisory board member and co-chairs of the Innovation Committee for the University of Michigan College of Engineering; Steering Committee member for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Kilts Center for Marketing; she’s on the Board of Directors of Kids in Danger, a consumer safety organization; she was Board Chair of the Institute for FOrmula Manufacturers; she served on the Board of Directors of the California Life Sciences Association, and chaired the Board of Directors for Bay Bio’s foundation, Bay Bio Institute.
Heather holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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