The Healthcare Compliance
Packaging Council

Walt Berghahn is the HCPC’s Board of Directors Chairman.

In 2004, Walt Berghahn joined AmerisourceBergen Packaging Group as Vice President of Packaging Technology. In this position Mr. Berghahn supports AB’s Packaging Group companies by acting as liaison to Trade Associations and industry work groups, monitoring regulatory changes, evaluating their impact on future operations, coordinating technology suppliers to support implementation of changes and recommending appropriate action. Mr. Berghahn has worked on numerous project teams within EPCglobal on Track and Trace initiatives, continued with GS1 Healthcare.

Prior to joining AmerisourceBergen, Mr. Berghahn was with Uhlmann Packaging Systems, a manufacturer of packaging machinery for the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Berghahn held a variety of positions at Uhlman including Director of Marketing and Business Development (2004), Director of Sales and Marketing North America (1999-2004), and Manager of East Coast Sales (1996-1999). Mr Berghahn was also Manager, Machinery Sales North America at American Fuji Seal and a Regional Manager, Machinery Sales, Rodico Inc. Mr. Berghahn holds a B.S. from Rutgers University College of Engineering with a Degree in Packaging Engineering.

For more information:
Phone: (603) 524-4810
Fax: (603) 524-0378
wberghahn@amerisourcebergen.com 

Kevin Carter is the Director of Business Development for McKesson’s US Pharmaceutical Packaging consisting of both RxPak and Sky Packaging business units.

Kevin’s career spans nearly twenty years in the pharmaceutical packaging industry. He has held various positions in materials manufacturing, processing, technical support, and product development, as well as packaging machinery sales. Recognized as an innovator in the development of packaging materials, Kevin holds the U.S. and international patents for his blister material design that is in widespread use today by leading manufacturers.

Today Kevin is responsible for oversight of strategic planning and positioning for all aspects of McKesson’s packaging solutions. He collaborates with manufacturers and retailers in the pharmaceutical industry to develop value-added solutions that combine McKesson’s broad range of services in packaging, managed care, patient adherence, and pharmaceutical distribution. Over the past four years, Kevin has been instrumental in bringing packaging technologies and capabilities to RxPak including the patented, award-winning Burgopak compliance package.
 

For more information:
Phone: 540-832-5074
Fax: 540-832-5083
kevin.carter@mckesson.com 

Gene V. Giordano, vice president, MWV Healthcare, leads the global commercial sales operations for the company’s strategic business unit. With 35 years in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and cosmetics packaging business and a 20-year career with the MeadWestvaco, Mr. Giordano has led important company growth initiatives in this and previous roles, as vice president of sales and marketing, that have contributed to MeadWestvaco’s leadership position in healthcare packaging. He has been responsible for the initial business development of several global markets, as well as, the creation of key strategic company business alliances. Additionally, Mr. Giordano has served as an adjunct professor of marketing at Baruch College, City University of New York.

For more information:
Phone: (804) 327-6074
Fax: (804) 327-6206
E-mail: gene.giordano@mwv.com

Sandra manages Amcor Packaging’s line of “Aluminum  Free” thermoformable products such as Polybar®  Aclar® and COC, which lies within the company’s  core competencies of high barrier materials. She works closely  with customers, Amcor’s technical team globally and  suppliers to facilitate product development and adoption of the  use of barrier thermoformable films.

Sandra holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing from the University of  Maryland. She has been involved in pharmaceutical and medical  device packaging for over twenty years. Sandra is currently the  Vice Chairperson of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council  in the United States, assisted in the start-up if HCPC Europe, and has played a role in the HCPC for over fifteen years.

Amcor 
Global Product Manager 
210 North Fieldcrest Drive Northeast, MD 21901 
Tel: 410-658-2080 / Cell: 502-211-1111 
Email: sandra.luciano@amcor.com 
http://www.amcor.com/

Justin Schroeder is the Director of Marketing & Business Development at Anderson Packaging Inc., part of the AmerisourceBergen Packaging Group. Mr.Schroeder is responsible for new account development and global marketing, with a focus on the development and commercialization of unit dose and compliance prompting packaging. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the School of Packaging at Michigan State University, and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Schroeder has been at Anderson since 2000, holding positions including Process Development / Packaging Engineer, Customer Project Manager, and Director of Project Management and Planning. Previously, Mr. Schroeder held package engineering positions with Hershey Foods Corp and at the J.M. Smucker Co. (Smucker's). Mr. Schroeder is an IoPP Certified Packaging Professional and has been an HCPC Board member since 2008.

For more information:
Phone: (815) 484-8973
Fax: (815) 484-8904
jschroeder@andpkg.com

Bill Sharpless has been a corporate member of HCPC since 1999 and has held a Board of Directors position since 2005. He has addressed compliance and patient adherence packaging issues with ranking staff members of the Food & Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Congress. In February 2009 Bill joined Winpak Packaging where he is the Business Development Manager over their Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging Division. His prior pharmaceutical packaging experience includes being the Global Marketing Director at Alcoa/Reynolds for their Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging division. He was also a Market Development Manager for the Healthcare segment for Honeywell’s Specialty Films division.

In 1979, Bill began a 20 year career in pharmaceutical sales where he worked with leading pharmaceutical companies McNeil, Ivax and DuPont-Merck, holding positions as a sales representative, hospital specialist, district manager, field sales and national accounts manager. Bill is a 1974 graduate of Alderson-Broaddus College with a BS degree in Medical Science. Upon graduation, he practiced medicine for five years as a Physician Assistant within family practice and general surgery prior to entering the pharmaceutical sales arena.

For more information:
Phone: 804 739-1413
Fax: 804 739-1503
bill.sharpless@winpak.com