In 2004, Polen joined Baxter Healthcare, where he served as vice president of Strategic Marketing before leading the pharmaceutical manufacturing and services business. He was later promoted to general manager of Baxter's Injectable Pharmaceuticals business. During his tenure at Baxter, Polen was named among Chicago's top 40 leaders under 40 by Crain's Chicago Business.
In 2009, Polen rejoined BD as president of BD Preanalytical Systems. He assumed the role of president of BD Diagnostics Systems from 2010 to 2013, and later served as group president, responsible for BD Medical Surgical Systems and BD Pharmaceutical Systems. In 2014, Polen was named segment president, BD Medical. He was appointed president of BD in April 2017 and named chief operating officer in October 2018.
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Polen is an active benefactor and volunteer for the Children's Tumor Foundation, as well as a number of national and local associations committed to helping patients with breast cancer. Polen earned a bachelor's degree from the Salisbury University of Maryland and a master's degree in business administration from Johns Hopkins University.
About Vince Forlenza
Forlenza began his career at BD in 1980. Throughout his career, Forlenza held multiple roles of increasing responsibility. Key appointments included leadership roles as senior vice president of Technology, Strategy and Development; president of BD Biosciences; and executive vice president and president of BD Diagnostics. Forlenza was named president of BD in January 2009, assumed additional responsibility as chief operating officer in July 2010, became chief executive officer in October 2011 and chairman of the board in July 2012.
Forlenza has served on both the AdvaMed board of directors and its Executive Committee for seven years and is also the past chairman of the association's Board Committee on Technology and Regulation and is now chairman of AdvaMed's Legal Committee. In addition, he served as chairman of the board for AdvaMedDx, a division of AdvaMed focused on the unique needs and issues facing diagnostics manufacturers.
In addition to his positions on the Moody's Corporation board of directors and as chairman of The Valley Health Systems board of trustees, Forlenza previously served as chairman of The Valley Hospital. He is a past member of the Advisory Board for the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Lehigh University, where he also served as a member of the university's board of trustees.
