Michael Allen Email & Phone Number

Seal Beach , Ca, Us

Founded on the belief that immunotherapy made from a patient’s own cells holds the key to the future of cancer care, Dendreon is making the battle against cancer personal. We are focused on improving the lives of men living with prostate cancer through the delivery of innovative immunotherapies that harness the power of the body’s immune system to extend life. We’re looking for talented people to join our team that will positively impact the lives of patients. Headquartered in Seal Beach, CA, and with sizable locations in Union City, GA and Seattle, WA, as well as a countrywide Commercial team, we have a diverse offering of exciting opportunities. Backed by Cenbest and Sanpower, multi-national conglomerates, we are well-positioned for transformation and growth.What we do.Vision – Pioneering the future of immunotherapy.Mission – Making the battle against cancer personal through immunotherapy treatments that extend lives.How we do it. At Dendreon, we…..Put Patients First. Every day is a new opportunity to improve the lives of patients living with cancer.Act with Integrity. Be honest, transparent, and committed to doing what’s right in every situation.Build Trust. Building trust takes time. Engage teammates, be candid and transparent. Over communicate and seek feedback.Raise the Bar. Harness continuous improvement, foster innovation, and elevate our people.Drive Results. Be accountable and execute – we win when everyone performs.

Directed the development of a scalable, resilient international infrastructure, eCommerce website and DevOps supporting global selling. Developed a three-year plan and charted a global strategy to drive standardization and harmonization of disparate IT operations, systems, tools, and architecture. Created a global team for 24/7 support. Piloted the selection of a single-instance cloud-based global ERP/CRM system to ensure repeatable processes and maximize visibility across the enterprise. ✶ Achieved 99.99% global uptime by establishing a secure, scalable global infrastructure with a governance framework spanning three regions and 14 sites; closed gaps, set standards, and mapped a plan to assimilate all locations. ✶ Delivered systems and process improvements leading to product line margin improvement from 30% to 70%+ as the only product line to perform above the targeted revenue and margin.✶ Played integral role in improving overall corporate operating environment by creating efficiencies from architecting and developing an effective, high-availability, and collaborative environment.

East Rutherford, New Jersey, Us

Led IT activities of Avista Pharma Solutions through its formative months. Set strategic direction and supported capital planning, while leading acquisition carve-out activities, interoperability actions, systems and infrastructure stand-up, and process/project initiation. Facilitated entity divestment by providing IT diligence review, issue/gap mitigation, and exhibit/schedule preparation.✶ Spearheaded infrastructure build-out, systems deployment, and carve out operations, involving a multisite enterprise-wide VoIP telephony rollout, intra-site connectivity, and harmonized communications.s across sites in Colorado, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.✶ Guided the implementation of an application landscape assessment and organizational systems planning and budgeting initiative encompassing ERP, LIMS, and ELN as well as stability, calibration management, and quality management systems.

Wilmington, Nc, Us

Partnered with the CEO and the board to turn the company around as it emerged from bankruptcy. Reinforced the IT architecture and set the IT strategic vision and direction, organization-wide. Navigated the company through multiple changes, transforming it into a world-class enterprise. Leveraged emerging technology, digitization, and improved systems, processes, and infrastructure, electronic lab notebooks, ERP, cloud-based quality management system, disaster recovery, and online services.✶ Designed nearly 100% paperless lab environment by converting to electronic lab notebooks and integrating lab software with traceable templates, resulting in 80%+ reduction in paperwork and reduced data review from hours to minutes.✶ Improved capacity 30% and decreased quality review cycle time while increasing data quality with higher throughput and velocity of lab testing services.✶ Doubled revenue from $54MM to $108MM, grew EBITDA from $4MM to $36MM – by driving technology, efficiencies, acquisitions, capacity, and product mix improvements.

Headed all aspects of global IT, overseeing and monitoring the status of the corporation’s technical activities, worldwide. Shaped IT strategy to meet company objectives spanning enterprise systems, integration, global data center operations, scalable and high-availability systems infrastructure, and comprehensive technical tool development. Defined global standards governing hardware, software, policies, and procedures. Guided and enhanced international coordination, support, and offerings.✶ Helped triple revenue from approx. $220MM to $750MM and yielded operating profits of more than $150MM, supporting four acquisitions, one joint venture, four new manufacturing plants, six sales/services offices, and a shared services center.✶ Infused corporate agility to adapt the IT organization, systems, and processes to country-specific regulations during CCI’s global expansion in North America, APAC, and EAME regions, including M&A transactions.

Grenoble, Fr

MGE UPS Systems is a technology leader in the manufacture and support of uninterruptable power solutions, providing unsurpassed power protection solutions to more than 90 percent of the fortune 500 companies as well as 40% of internet data centers.Head of the Information Systems for the Americas organization. Responsible for developing and sustaining the organization’s IT strategy to support MGE’s strategic business goals. Directed the development of systems and infrastructure, applications development and integration activities, third party/ contracted services, operations, Help Desk, and technical support services, IT asset management, policies & procedures, personnel recruitment and development.✶ Directed the development and growth of MGE’s systems and infrastructure which helped deliver a 200%+ increase in revenue, a 400%+ increase in operating profit, and transformed a small manufacturing division into a “Best in Class’ growth company, resulting in the President’s receipt of Orange County’s Ernst & Young’s 2001 “Entrepreneur of the Year” award.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

World’s leading manufacturer of cabin interior products for commercial passenger aircraft and business jets, providing a wide range of cabin interior designs, retrofit, conversion, and certification services. BE Aerospace In-Flight Entertainment Division manufactured in-flight VOD systems, components, and cable assemblies.

Ciba Geigy Composite Materials is a manufacturer and provider of composite materials and highly engineered and fabricated composite products, primarily for the aerospace and defense industries.Head of the Information Systems organization. Responsible for the enterprise systems and infrastructure, application development, integration activities, 3rd party/contracted services, data center operations, technical support services, IT asset management, policies and procedures, personnel recruitment, and development.

B.A Operations Management

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