Victor Suarez Email & Phone Number

Frederick, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

I serve as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics (PMB) at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine. My focus areas include healthcare supply chain, pharmaceutical quality, and advanced biotechnology product development.

Washington, Dc, Us

Serve as a senior advisor and national representative for Securing America's Medicines and Supply. SAMS is a multi-industry coalition of companies with the mission to strengthen the security of the medical supply chain in the United States.If your company is interested in joining SAMS and helping to re-build, re-balance and re-ignite our domestic and allied partner biomanufacturing and medical supply chains, please contact me. Our patients deserve it and our national security depends on it.

ScienceWerx, Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the commercialization of technologies for the betterment of humankind. We cultivate and support innovative and disruptive companies with life-saving and health-enhancing technologies to go from ideation to commercialization.

Blu Zone Bio serves as a transformation and growth partner to enable people and organizations accelerate progress and optimize performance through four focus areas:- Domestic biomanufacturing expansion and quality driven accelerated product development- Supply chain optimization, operational excellence, and business development- Biosecurity, Biodefense and Pandemic Preparedness & Response- Life Science, Supply Chain & Manufacturing workforce growth, development, and outreach to Veterans exploring careers in Biotech/Pharma/HealthcareWe exist to serve as a growth partner & program accelerator to innovative and transformational organizations pursuing excellence by protecting human health and enhancing quality of life. Currently taking on growth partner clients and board advisory roles on retainer contracts, including equity and capture fee options.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Serve as a visiting Senior Fellow at The Council on Strategic Risks, a DC based, non-profit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing, and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century. Will be working on CSR's biosecurity, pandemic prevention, and related projects. Will provide advice and counsel regarding CSR's biosecurity policy work, in particular actionable recommendations for improving preparedness for and deterrence of high-consequence biological events.Conduct research on critical vulnerabilities for U.S. biological defense, including any underlying risks in the bio-manufacturing and medical supply chains to domestically produce medical countermeasures and how to address such vulnerabilities.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Serve as a Board Advisor and investor with BioBuzz, a division of Workforce Genetics. Biobuzz Media and its new Talent Hub is the go-to community platform for biotech industry professionals and job seekers looking to plug into regional biotech communities and achieve fulfilling careers with leading employers.BioBuzz creates experiences through content, events, and media that meets its audience where they are and enables them to learn about employers, companies and individuals driving bio-health innovation forward in their regional markets.Will also serve as a Veteran outreach ambassador for those with current (Reserves/National Guard) and prior military experience to explore careers in the Life Science, Biotechnology/Pharma industries through various touchpoints including talent recruitment and preparation programs, installation transition assistance programs and the alignment of the DOD Skill Bridge Program with Talent Hub, Biobuzz's new and exciting platform to help make career transitions, development and opportunities more accessible and meaningful.

Part-time loaned executive leader to the US Army Medical Research and Development Command's Medical Technology Transfer, Business Development, Commercialization and IP/Patent Office. Established a CRADA for a landmark DOD Pharmaceutical Quality Study.Serves as a senior medical acquisition & tech transfer consultant and an interface with the biotech/biopharma industry to create opportunities, explore innovations and collaborate with the DOD. Preparing for my military retirement and transition to the private sector in the Fall of 2023. Open to opportunities to partner with world-class teams to improve human health and quality of life, advance the development of innovative technologies and expand domestic biomanufacturing and grow resilient global supply chains. Boldly lead or advise organizations to crystallize their purpose and achieve their mission and vision by pursuing excellence and quality. https://technologytransfer.amedd.army.mil/index.cfm?pageid=home

Commander of the Defense Department's only Medical Logistics Management Center ready to deploy in support of global and domestic operations. Responsible for leading, organizing, equipping, training, maintaining, and sustaining unit subject matter expertise in medical materiel, medical maintenance, clinical operations and satellite communications support to the operational force. Develops the medical supply chain concept of support with Army Service Component Commands in support of each Geographic Combatant Command. Provides the technical and leadership teams to support the US Army Medical Materiel Center Southwest Asia (Doha Qatar) with global annual sales exceeding $40M over 12 countries including US State Department health units. Responsible for the accountability, health, safety, welfare, morale, discipline and family readiness of all Soldiers of the 6th MLMC. Lead, coach, and mentor officers, NCOs, and Soldiers to perform at their greatest potential. Serve as the Army's senior operational medical logistician providing talent management support to the Army MEDLOG and Sustainment communities.Employee Engagement/Retention: Improved workplace engaged and committed employees by 17% (70% to 87%); achieved 200% of US Army’s workforce retention goal 3 months before end of fiscal year 2022.Supply Chain/Logistics/Ukraine Theater: Deployed team, prepared European Theater Medical Logistics Supply Chain in advance of Russian invasion of Ukraine; increased patient medical equipment readiness from 63% to 93% in <2 weeks.COVID-19 Vaccination/Mission Readiness: established a workforce education and outreach strategy which resulted in voluntary COVID-19 vaccination rates to go from 55% to 98.5% in <4 months before DOD mandate.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Provides executive level leadership and program management of one of the leading SARS-COV2 vaccine candidates (mRNA-1273/SpikeVax) to rapidly support late stage clinical testing, commercial scale manufacturing and distribution of a safe and effective vaccine towards FDA EUA/Licensure.Strategic Leadership: Led and synchronized a world-class vaccine development and project management team, delivering 200M doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) at Operation Warp Speed by May 2021.Groundbreaker: Collaborated with Moderna/Senior HHS officials, prepared/submitted first vaccine company request for defense and health resources priority rated contracts at Operation Warp Speed.Resulted in first vaccine company with R&D & supply contracts to obtain defense & health resources priority ratings.Enabled first industrial access to critical raw materials, equipment, and supplies enabling manufacturing expansion.Cross-functional Team Leadership/Accelerated Product Integration: Managed US Government’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine; integrating and synchronizing all company and stakeholder clinical, non-clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, and distribution efforts with federal resources and national leadership.Product Launch/Strategic Planning: Represented vaccine at all federal tabletop exercises, rehearsals, and product launch operations; helped Moderna deliver product across the US and its territories, including hard-to-reach rural locations.Conflict Negotiation/Resolution: Helped dislodge significant stakeholder disagreement on the Phase 3 Clinical Trial protocol; facilitated multiple meetings with high-level officials, resolving issues to begin trial on 27 July 2020.

Served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics (ACSLOG) of the US Army Regional Health Command-Atlantic that spans 26 states and includes 25 Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs), 1 Warrior Transition Brigade, 2 Troop Commands, Dental Health Command-Atlantic and Public Health Command-Atlantic with a $1.6B annual budget and over $9B in real property assets. Was responsible for development, implementation and management of logistics policies including all aspects of the medical logistics supply chain, healthcare technology management, environmental services, logistics readiness, property management, transportation and facilities operations. Logistically supported healthcare delivery to over 560K enrolled beneficiaries, over 2K Soldiers-in-Transition and management of over one million eligible beneficiaries. Oversaw management of the command's facilities' sustainment, renovation and modernization (SRM) program, Major Repair and Renewal (MRR) program and related facilities staff functions. Areas of emphasis include supply chain management/compliance, supply standardization, cold chain/vaccine distribution, medical maintenance performance/lifecycle management, strategic business process change, merger/acquisition with the Defense Health Agency.Supply Chain Management: Led and activated MEDLOG Crisis Action Team during initial wave of COVID-19 pandemic; stabilized PPE on-hand supply across 25+ medical facilities within 2 weeks; ensured continuity of care.Crisis Action Planning/Healthcare Operations: Creatively acquired critical PPE and other key supplies for entire region from alternate suppliers and National Stockpile; redistributed 380K+ N95 respirators to 25+ healthcare facilities.

Silver Spring, Maryland, Us

Chief of Staff (Chief Operating Officer) of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), the largest DOD biomedical research enterprise with 2100 personnel (military, DA civilian, contractors, Foreign National Service and interagency staff), annual budget over $380M, $423M infrastructure and $91M property book responsibilities extended over four continents with four remote research detachments. Provide strategic oversight, guidance and direction on issues related to human resources, security, operations, logistics, information management, facilities management, financial resource management, business support, acquisition and contracting, and safety. Enforce internal controls to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and command policies. Establish the strategic framework for effective communication, coordination, and resolution of issues across the command, international stakeholders and higher headquarters.Institutional Official: Ensured Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) functioned effectively by overseeing management, governance, staffing, SOPs and agreements for the Institutional Review Board. Safety/Cross-functional Team Leadership: Led cross-functional teams to improve safety for 1M+ square foot research lab; WRAIR achieved first ever US Army Safety and Health Management System Star rating within 18 months.Employee Engagement/Development: Improved all crucial workforce engagement goals for ~2100 people worldwide.Increased Individual Development Plans from 45% to 90%.Accelerated Supervisor Development Training from 17% to 92% for civilians and 41% to 96% for military.Financials/Invoice Management: Led financial process improvement initiatives which eliminated $2+ million in aged invoices, retaining critical research and development funds. Chaired Institute’s Program Budget Advisory Committee.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Us

Resident Fellow who studied and researched Public, Global, Occupational, and Environmental Health, Infectious Diseases, Risk Science, Health Promotion and Wellbeing.Public Health Research: Delivered an in-depth study to the US Army on new ways and means to improve service-member health readiness and long-term quality of life.Partnerships/Congressional Affairs: Collaborated with Milken Institute’s Sumner Redstone Global Center to educate US Congressional Offices on my research and developed language for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).The U.S. Army War College and CSA Senior Army Fellows – representing the Army in 54 programs worldwide – continue to enhance their critical thinking skills, academic prowess, and professional networks as a result of their year spent at universities, think tanks, government agencies, and with industry.USAWC Fellows learn in environments different from those offered by the Resident or Distance programs, and while negotiating tailored individual learning plans, also represent the Army at their host institutions. The Fellows have also represented the Army, either formally or informally, at their hosting institutions and surrounding areas. The Fellowships as currently configured offer the Fellows the opportunity to satisfy the Army’s goal of developing appropriately-educated ambassadors for the Army who will go on to hold positions of broad scope and great responsibility, work in highly complex, ambiguous environments, and deal with open-ended problems.

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Us

Served as the Joint Product Manager for the Medical Countermeasure Systems-Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (MCS-JVAP) located at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Provided the leadership and acquisition program management for the advanced development of five Department of Defense Acquisition Category II (ACAT II) vaccine products with the ultimate goal of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensure and fielding to support the Joint Warfighter against biological warfare agents. Vaccine products managed include; Recombinant Botulinum Vaccine, Recombinant Plague Vaccine, Filovirus Vaccine (Ebola Zaire, Sudan and Marburg Viruses), Recombinant Ricin Vaccine, and Western, Eastern, & Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (WEEVEE) Vaccine. JVAP also managed several FDA licensed products in a sustainment program for the Defense Department such as Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), Smallpox (SPX) Vaccine, and Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous (VIG-IV).Accelerated Vaccine Development: Partnered with international & domestic stakeholders, rapidly accelerated testing, manufacturing, & delivery of 190K doses of Ebola vaccine during outbreak for ring vaccinations & Phase 2/3 studies.Platform Technologies Initiative: Launched the Proven Platform Partnerships Initiative (P3I) in 2016 at BIO, ushering in a new paradigm for DOD to pursue bio-platform technologies for medical countermeasures.Effective Regulatory Pathways: Product team filed and received FDA Orphan Drug Designation in 2016 for JVAP Recombinant Plague Vaccine; resulted in 25% future clinical trial cost savings, 7-year market exclusivity, and FDA BLA fee waiver.Clinical Development Strategy Consultation: Advised principal investigator of Phase 3 non-inferiority trial of next-generation Monkeypox/Smallpox vaccine in 2015-2016; resulted in successful clinical study recruitment and trial.

Served as the Chief, Plans Division for the only deployable Medical Logistics Management Center in the DoD, providing centralized management and supply chain integration of Class VIII materiel and medical equipment maintenance to supported forces conducting joint and simultaneous full spectrum operations. Developed, staffed and implemented strategic plans and documentation for organizational change and updates with key stakeholders. Ensured plans address strategic DoD and service unique requirements and are integrated to improve enterprisewide medical logistics business processes.

Served as Commander, US Army Medical Materiel Center-Southwest Asia (USAMMC-SWA), executing the Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel (TLAMM) mission for the USCENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR). Managed the cost, schedule and performace of the second largest medical supply and distribution center in the US Army with annual demands exceeding $53M. Provided world class medical materiel, medical maintenance, medical logistics information management, and customer training support to over 300 Joint customers deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and other operations in the USCENTCOM AOR. Led and ensured personnel readiness, morale, and welfare of 66 active duty and reserve Soldiers, Airmen, and DoD Civilians assigned or attached to USAMMC-SWA and provided oversight of 32 contractors. Supervised the management of a $30M Defense Working Capital Fund account.

Served as the Support Operations Officer for the only deployable Medical Logistics Management Center in the Department of Defense, providing centralized management and supply chain integration of Class VIII medical materiel and equipment maintenance management to supported forces conducting joint and simultaneous full spectrum operations. Was the principal advisor to the 6MLMC commander for future plans, operations, intelligence, training and security as part of Forces Command's ready, relevant and reliable global MEDLOG capability. Developed 6MLMC's training plans, evaluations, and assessments in order to ensure the Center is able to conduct operational support and training missions to supported Combatant Commands. Synchronized and negotiated MEDLOG support with customers and stakeholders. Resourced strategic operations with trained and ready personnel, develops the Center's short and long term training plans.

Served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) and The Surgeon General, whose elements and activities encompass 10 major subordinate commands, 11 staff directorates and 8 Department of Defense executive agencies with a combined staff of over 75,000 Soldiers and civilians, and an annual budget in excess of $11 billion. Coordinated actions with staff, commanders, and numerous external agencies, both military and civilian. Planned, coordinated and synchronized schedules, activities, calendars, briefings, meetings, speeches, and travel itineraries. Monitored, assisted and directed the flow of information and correspondence affecting the General. Served as a protocol subject matter expert and assisted in protocol matters at all official and social events. Supervised the General's enlisted aide and provided guidance and direction to the General's personal staff.

Served as the Future Operations and Logistics Plans and Readiness Officer for the US Army MEDCOM and HQs; Department of the Army/Office of the Surgeon General. Responsible for the development, implementation and integration of various medical logistics programs in support of Army units world-wide, including MEDCOM, FORSCOM, AMC and Army Service Component Commands. Responsible for direct coordination with Army Staff elements and execution agencies in support of ARFORGEN, including Reset, TPE-Reset, LBE Program, Retrograde, APS, Modernization/Transformation, Equipping and Fielding, Acquisition Logistics and Force Management. Wrote orders, taskers, info papers, executive summaries, conducted staff research, developed briefings and provided expert advice that supported the Surgeon General's Title X responsibility to equip, sustain, maintain and reset the force.

Leads, coordinates and executes all cost, schedule and performance for the US Army medical materiel Modernization, Reset and LBE actions for the Army Medical Department (AMEDD). Responsible for the planning and executing of Total Package Fieldings (TPF) for all Army non-hospital and hospital field units world-wide in support of ARFORGEN. Supervises 6 military, 6 Department of the Army Civilians (DAC), and the services of 45 contractors as alternate contracting officer technical representative (COTR) for a $4.3 million global fielding services contract. Dually assigned as the Commander, Medical Logistics Support Team (MLST) responsible for a deployable team of up-to 48 military, civilian and contract employees. Responsible for planning, coordinating and deliverying medical logistics capabilities and solutions in support of Army strategic and contingency programs world-wide on 96-hour notice.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

After graduating from UCLA and being commissioned as a US Army Medical Service Corps Officer, COL Vic Suarez served in a broad span of assignments from Airborne Infantry, Special Operations, Mechanized Infantry, including two combat tours as a Forward Support Medical Company Commander (2004) and later as a Battalion Level Commander (2013). These challenging and often highly complex and adventurous assignments as a company and field grade officer established a strong leadership and management foundation as COL Suarez transitioned his career into developing, fielding and sustaining medical technologies.

Bs, Anthropology

Ms, Health Services Administration

Senior Service College Fellow Graduation Certificate, Public Health

Certificate, Pharmaceutical Management

Certificate, Post Graduate Course In Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Development And Regulation

High School Diploma