Vetter Development president elected to German American Chamber board
SKOKIE - The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, has elected Susanne Resatz, Ph.D., president of Vetter Development Services USA in Chicago, to its board of directors.
Dr. Resatz has headed up Vetter's Chicago clinical manufacturing facility since 2014. She earned a master's degree with a major in applied mathematics from Vienna University of Technology in 2002, and a doctoral degree in the field of computational neuroscience and biomedical engineering from Vienna University of Technology in 2005.
Dr. Resatz relocated from Germany to the United States in 2010, and was among the first employees to help establish Vetter Development Services USA, Inc., located at the Illinois Science + Technology Park in Skokie. She began her career at Vetter in 2006 in the position of Process Implementation Specialist. Prior to her move to Chicago, she worked on high level process implementation projects within Vetter.
"I am very happy to be elected to the board of GACC Midwest. This organization also represents the very essence of what Vetter has been working to create as a company, which is being a leading service provider - for us, achieving this, for example, through our manufacturing footprint in both the US and Germany. The 'two-country' manufacturing positioning affords us valuable opportunity to efficiently supply our (bio-) pharmaceutical customers in these two countries, and also those located in other areas in the world," said Dr. Resatz.
GACC Midwest's territory covers 14 US states: the 13 states of the Midwest and Colorado, comprising together approximately one quarter of the nation's geographical area, its population, and its gross domestic product. With almost 1,400 German businesses operating in the Midwest, the region represents a dynamic business location, particularly for transatlantic trade.
GACC Midwest connects business partners, provides insights on industry best practices, works to create skilled workforce models, and enables a knowledge exchange between peers. The diverse membership profile of GACC Midwest - including various business, industry and services sectors provides a promising ground for cross-fertilization. "Actively participating in organizations such as GACC Midwest helps Vetter broaden its horizon, with the goal of contributing to innovative and foresighted business and manufacturing processes. As such, they are instrumental in helping to strengthen our relationships with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders."