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Prior to this role, David was Vaccines Commercial Officer for Pfizer Vaccines global business where he was responsible for global commercial development, commercial operations, business alliances – including the partnership with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Before joining Pfizer in 2015, David spent seven years at Novartis Vaccines, where he held the position of Head of the North America Region and oversaw a 275-person organization consisting of Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Policy, and Distribution across a portfolio of four vaccine assets in Meningitis and Travel. In this role, David was responsible for the launch of Bexsero®, Novartis’s licensed meningococcal B vaccine. He also led the transition of Novartis Vaccines to GSK as part of the acquisition announced in April of 2014 and completed in March 2015. During the Ebola epidemic, David was selected by the CEO of Novartis to run a unified Ebola task force response and coordinate all activities across several divisions of the company, including internal and external communications, research programs, grant responses, and negotiations with governments and third parties.
Prior to this role, David held positions of increasing responsibility at Novartis Vaccines, including Vice President of US Marketing, Head Medical Countermeasures (Biodefense franchise), and roles in US Sales, Product Market Access and Government Contracts, and Influenza Marketing.
He also worked as a Senior Consultant at Keystone Strategy prior to joining Novartis.
David started his career at Merck in Manufacturing and Finance and at 3M Company in Consumer Product Marketing.
He earned a bachelor of science degree in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University’s College of Engineering, and a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School.
Gilbert L. Sanchez is a partner in the firm's Labor and Employment Department. He is licensed to practice law in Texas and New Mexico. Gilbert is a native of El Paso, Texas and attended the University of Texas at El Paso where he earned his B.A. in Business Finance in 2004, and the University of Wisconsin School of Law where he earned his J.D. in 2007.
Gilbert joined the firm in January 2008. Since that time, Gilbert has successfully represented employers in various types of employment matters including discrimination lawsuits and wage and hour disputes. In addition, Gilbert has represented employers in unfair labor practice and representation hearings before the National Labor Relations Board. Gilbert has successfully obtained summary judgments for clients on various issues both in state and federal court.
Gilbert is a frequent speaker on the topic of employment issues at local employment and human resource seminars in Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Sanchez was selected for inclusion in Texas Rising Stars in 2014 - 2018 by the publisher Thompson Reuters.
William T. (Tommy) Simmons serves as legal counsel for Commissioner Aaron S. Demerson, the employer representative on the Texas Workforce Commission, where he advises the Commissioner on final-level unemployment, tax, and wage claim appeals and discrimination charges, assists business groups with employment-related legislation, and counsels employers on Texas and federal employment laws. He is the author of the book Especially for Texas Employers and is also an editor of the Employment Law Handbook of the Texas Association of Business.