Sylvia Vitale

Sylvia Vitale is an experienced Key Account Manager for Food & Beverages at Merck Group since December 2012, also serving as the Site Coordinator Lead for the Women In Leadership (WIL) network in the EMEA region, which promotes female representation in leadership roles within the life sciences industry. Vitale has contributed significantly to global commercial training by curating technical content in collaboration with subject matter experts. Prior to this, as a Technical Support Engineer in Microbiology, responsibilities included providing technical assistance to clients in Southern Europe and managing onboarding training for new team members. Vitale's academic background includes a PhD in Biochemistry from Université Joseph Fourier and research experience at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München, focusing on systems biology and genome analysis.