Meet the Speakers: Steve Miola, Director, Training & Professional Development, Merck & Co.
2010 Diversity Leadership Forum Workshop: Breaking Through: Developing Asian Leaders
Subject Matter Expert: Steve Miola, Director, Training & Professional Development, Merck & Co., Inc.
Steven Miola, Director of Training & Professional Development at Merck & Co., Inc. is responsible for championing training and professional development strategies for the Biostatistics group in Merck’s Research Laboratories. Of the nearly 400 members of the group, more than 175 are Asian which has prompted Steve to deliver several diversity programs. Since 2007 he has introduced the “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Leadership Series” to his Asian scientists and offered roundtable workshops to non-Asian managers and Administrative Assistants.
He joined Merck in 1977 as a statistician and worked on a variety of New Drug Applications. In 1989 he joined Merck’s Human Health Division and was responsible for developing innovative channels of communication, including electronic promotional programs. In 2003 he returned to the Research Labs in his current role.