Advisory Board

James T. Frederick, Ph.D

Dr. Frederick is currently Head of Human Resources, Latin America for medical giant, Covidien. Dr. Frederick is a proven global human resource executive who has built businesses with superior talent throughout the world over the past twenty-five year. Dr. Frederick has firsthand human resources experience in more than 50 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. His experience working with executives and leaders of Fortune 25 companies spans across the full human resources spectrum with particular expertise in talent acquisition and organizational design for fast moving companies.

He has led several acquisition integrations on a global scale and implemented high performing work teams that generated industry-leading results in the medical and consumer products fields. Dr. Frederick received his Bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin and his Masters and Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has published a variety of articles in The Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology and The Academy of Management.

Jeanne Hebert

Hebert brings more than 20 years sales, marketing and research experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, having worked for leading global manufacturers Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer Pharmaceutical, Merck & Co. and Integral Orthopedics Inc.

During her tenure at Merck, she provided direction on science-based content to support Merck's strategic objectives in the Respiratory and Ophthalmology franchises. As a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, she created the scientific platform for the Respiratory Health Science organization. In addition to crafting compelling sales messages from the supporting science, her role involved identifying and engaging thought leaders (leading researchers and academics), in peer-level, scientific discussions to convert them into advocates for Merck's products.

In 2005, Hebert joined Integral Orthopedics as vice president of marketing, shareholder and member of the senior executive team. In this capacity, she advanced product innovation through development and commercialization phases, including work with suppliers on product design and advanced medical prototyping. Hebert led aggressive corporate intellectual property protection via case management, better designs and web protection strategies to strengthen the company's defenses against competition. In her executive capacity, she also designed and initiated Integral Orthopedics' internal and external clinical studies and provided oversight on testing of new products in the company's internal research facility, leading to favorable outcomes and the launch of several new products.

Neil Chin

Chin currently serves as chief marketing officer at Alasko Foods, Inc. a Canadian company specializing in premium quality frozen fruits and vegetables from around the world. Prior to joining Alasko, Chin held senior management positions at such leading global consumer packaged goods companies as SC Johnson, General Mills and Primo/Old El Paso Foods in Canada and the United States.

Most recently, he served as vice president of marketing at SC Johnson, leading year-over-year market share growth for more than 200 new and established brands that redefined multi-billion dollar categories. Over the years, he has managed such leading global brands as Windex®, Pledge®, Raid®, Glade®, ZipLoc®, Nature Valley® and Old El Paso®.

Chin has also launched numerous new products successfully, rebuilt existing brands, pioneered new business channels, and developed new integrated marketing approaches to connect with consumers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with honors, from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a master’s certificate in marketing communications from the Schulich Executive School of Business.

Rick Harris

Rick Harris is the owner and president of RL Enterprise & Associates, LLC and the former vice president of North American sales at Michelin, the world’s leading tire company. In this capacity, he grew the company’s market share with independent retailers, car dealers, distributors, wholesalers and other major accounts across both the U.S. and Canada. Today, Michelin’s North American market performance remains unsurpassed, in part due to Harris’ legacy of leadership and his ability to transfer learning across distribution channels and industries.

Earlier, over a 19-year career at SC Johnson, Harris advanced through sales, marketing and general management positions to eventually become the company’s U.S. national sales manager, directly overseeing 350 salespeople with more than $1 billion in annual sales. He was subsequently appointed president and general manager of SC Johnson’s Puerto Rico and Caribbean operations, and under his leadership, the subsidiary delivered the highest sales, market share and profit growth in its history, while becoming the company’s fastest growing operation.

Harris later founded RL Enterprise & Associates, LLC, specializing in business development consulting, executive coaching and recruiting. He is an alumnus of The Ohio State University, where he holds BS and MBA degrees from the Fisher School of Business. Harris was recently appointed by the Governor of the State of South Carolina and approved by the South Carolina Senate to the state’s Commission of Minority Affairs as board member and chairperson