Regional Demand Manager
Johnson & Johnson
Michael Morton is Senior Program Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS, a global network of open innovation ecosystems, enabling innovators across a broad healthcare spectrum including pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and health tech sectors to create and accelerate the delivery of life-saving, life-enhancing health and wellness solutions to patients around the world. Michael is responsible for the overall direction and completion of all global strategic initiatives, ensuring consistency with business strategy, commitments, and goals.
Michael is a proud graduate of Florida A&M University, where he earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering. He also holds an M.S. degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Rutgers University.
He is an entrepreneurial leader with a decade of broadly based domestic and international general management experience in sales, strategic improvement initiatives, cross-functional project management, supply chain management, and people leadership in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Consumer Health sectors of Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
Michael started his career in the J&J Global Operations Leadership Development(GOLD) program where he rotated through diverse cross-sector roles in program management, process engineering, and customer account management. Upon completing the GOLD program, he led the front-line sales order management for a $2 billion product portfolio for J&J Healthcare Systems. He later went on to lead the sales and operations demand planning process for the neuroscience and immunology business units of Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Michael also spent three years in Africa building the supply chain capabilities to enable the penetration of J&J’s Global Public Health efforts in resource limited communities across 16 countries. He was the first to pilot the use of medical cargo drones to solve last mile delivery challenges.
Michael has a passion for making healthcare better for more people in more places. He is intellectually curious, results oriented, and driven to make an impact. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, playing the djembe, and practicing mixed martial arts. Michael currently resides in Philadelphia.