Experience

Borderless Executive Search

• Belgium
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Borderless is a Management Consulting and Executive Search firm with a unique international and OneBusiness integrated approach. We search globally for executive talent and executive teams for Life Sciences, Process & Converting Industries, and Food Processing sectors. We collaborate with leadership in a customized and implementation driven integrated approach to develop the Individual, the Team and the Business. We have a particular passion for organizational vitality, flexibility and inclusion as drivers for business success. Borderless recognizes that geographic borders have little relevance for transnational corporations. As a consequence we have developed an extensive global network, enabling us to identify, source and work with talented international executives, no matter where they, their teams and their businesses are located.



Various Client Companies

• Freelance Scientific, Technical, Medical and Legal Writer and Editor

  • 2007 - 2014

  Native English speaking Lawyer-Pharmacist providing technical and scientific writing and editing services to businesses and nonprofits. Capable of quickly mastering a new technical field due to 15 years of a legal litigation practice servicing a wide range of businesses. Expertise in editing written work prepared in English by non-native English speakers, including German, Dutch and French native speakers. Assignments included drafting user manuals and scientific journal articles for novel lab-on-chip molecular diagnostics technology for a start-up biotech company.



Butzel Long

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shareholder Attorney

  • Jan 1997 - Aug 2006

  Attorney in the Labor and Employment practice group providing North American legal guidance for an international clientele in all areas of a labor and employment law practice. Member of the Michigan State Bar and the Ohio State Bar. Member of the Second, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth US Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. Representative clients included ARAMARK, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Verizon Wireless, McKechnie, Guardian, Valeo, Wal-Mart, AAALife, Firestone, and the University of Michigan. • Attained Shareholder status in 2000. • Managed client billing and development with a revenue generation of $500,000 annually. • Provided counseling and training to help global clients comply with US employment laws. • Handled complex investigations and single and multi-party litigation as Lead Counsel in federal and state courts and administrative agencies including discovery and dispositive brief and motion practice, depositions, oral argument and trial preparation in all areas of employment law including, but not limited to, workplace violence, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. • Adept at handling pre- and post-litigation settlement and conflict resolution through all methods of alternative dispute resolution including mediation, settlement negotiations and arbitration. • Managed and developed teams of junior attorneys, paralegals and other legal staff. • Published articles, participated in legal panels and taught in continuing educations forums on various legal topics (Employers Rejoice: The Michigan Court of Appeals Breathes a Little Life Back Into the Employment At-Will Doctrine, Michigan Defense Quarterly (January 2003) and The American Workplace Post 9/11, New Challenges in a Changing World Environment, Human Resources Association of Greater Detroit, (May 2003). • Served as Deputy Chair of the Firm’s Professional Development Committee. • Wrote and presented large (200-1000 attendees) continuing education seminars in diverse employment related topics



Jones Day

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Sep 1992 - Dec 1996

  Joined the Labor and Employment Group, with a sub-specialty focus in Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust mergers in the health care industry, after successfully completing a one-year rotation through all major legal practice areas including the corporate, litigation, antitrust, bankruptcy, labor and employment, real estate, and environmental practice groups. • Handled a diverse case load related to all areas of employment and labor law including labor relations (management), equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, employee benefits, wrongful discharge, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, OWBPA, FLSA, sexual and racial harassment, discrimination and retaliation, and intentional tort. • Practice encompassed client counseling, creation of employment policies and practices; single, multi-plaintiff, and class action litigation; settlement negotiations, arbitration; administrative proceedings and investigations; and negotiations. • Handled complex investigations and single and multi-party litigation as Lead Counsel in federal and state courts and administrative agencies including discovery and dispositive brief and motion practice, depositions, oral argument and trial preparation in all areas of employment law including, but not limited to, workplace violence, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. • Experience included drafting state and federal administrative, trial, and appellate briefs; taking and defending depositions; arguing motions; preparing for trial; preparing lay and expert witnesses; conducting direct witness examination; coordinating and supervising multi-state discovery for complex litigation and federal investigations; negotiating and drafting settlement agreements and releases; responding to administrative charges; conducting on-site investigations; and developing employment policies. • Publications include an article on national origin discrimination and Japanese/US treaties, translated and published in Japanese in the business magazine, International Legal Strategy.



Riverside Methodist Hospital

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Pharmacist

  • Sep 1985 - Jun 1992

  Started as a pharmacy intern, worked as a contingent staff pharmacist, and then in 1989 began working as a full time hospital pharmacist in this 1000 bed + teaching hospital setting. Provided central and decentralized pharmacy services. Member of an interdisciplinary Code and Trauma Team responding to life threatening accidents and heart attacks. Supervised pharmacy technicians. Provided a pharmacokinetic drug dosing service to house medical staff and residents. Involved in multi-disciplinary team engaging in drug interaction reviews.

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 1991 - Aug 1991


Rose Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Staff Pharmacist

  • Sep 1988 - May 1989

  Full-time pharmacist in a 450 bed teaching hospital. Supervised evening shift pharmacy technicians. Provided professional consultation to house staff and residents. Involved in drug interaction reviews. Full-time pharmacist in a 450 bed teaching hospital. Supervised evening shift pharmacy technicians. Provided professional consultation to house staff and residents. Involved in drug interaction reviews.



Warner Lambert

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pharmaceutical Sales Representative

  • Jun 1987 - Aug 1988

  Managed sales and marketing for 8 product lines in a large metropolitan territory. Consistently exceeded overall sales quotas. Presented product information via quality sales presentations. Organized physician and pharmacist continuing education. Participated in two-month intensive sales and product training program at world headquarters in Morris Plains, New Jersey. Managed sales and marketing for 8 product lines in a large metropolitan territory. Consistently exceeded overall sales quotas. Presented product information via quality sales presentations. Organized physician and pharmacist continuing education. Participated in two-month intensive sales and product training program at world headquarters in Morris Plains, New Jersey.

• National Pharmaceutical Council Intensive Research Internship

  • Jun 1986 - Aug 1986

  Competed for and was chosen for one of six national internships with the National Pharmaceutical Council Intensive Research Internship program. Worked in the Parke-David research laboratories and completed trans-dermal drug delivery studies utilizing a potential pharmaceutical agent for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. Competed for and was chosen for one of six national internships with the National Pharmaceutical Council Intensive Research Internship program. Worked in the Parke-David research laboratories and completed trans-dermal drug delivery studies utilizing a potential pharmaceutical agent for the treatment of Alzheimer’s.