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Oswego, Il, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Lead and manage the Information Technology organization, inclusive of enterprise applications, business systems supporting both R&D and G&A, IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cybersecurity. Build and maintain the IT budget, perform necessary reforecasting to ensure budgets are current and reflect the needs of the business, and manage 5-year forecast for all IT and facilities spend.Create and manage IT governance processes and policies, including development of multi-year IT strategic roadmap and approval process for all IT investments.

Boston, Ma, Us

Lead business architecture by creating business strategy and developing IT roadmap.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Partner with business executive team to define a cohesive business and technology strategy tasked with increasing revenue by 50% annually.Produced 300%+ ROI over near-term 3-year roadmap by implementing strategic, global systems as part of cloud transformation initiative.Achieved over $100K annual savings through improved vendor management by negotiating contracts and renewals with key technology partners.

Tokyo, Jp

Directed the global IT team by managing all investments and initiatives in support of the Global Regulatory Affairs business unit with a budget of $10MM+. Headed IT team with direct reports across three countries, including United States, United Kingdom, and Japan.

Tokyo, Jp

Delivered multiple global systems in the Regulatory, Quality, and Manufacturing functional areas that produced over $1.6MM in annual savings.Implemented and managed the global implementation of a new eCTD publishing system and registration tracking system that has integrated our offices in Japan, Europe, and the US onto one global platform.

Tokyo, Jp

Delivered 20+ system implementations and upgrades within 2% margin on budget. Specialized in managing projects related to enterprise content management, eCTD publishing, and records management.

Tokyo, Jp

Lead developer for an enterprise document management system used for creating and tracking documents to be included in electronic regulatory submissions to the FDA.Mentored co-workers in various software development languages and overall coding standards resulting in 20% reduction in unit-testing failures.

Managed development team of 6 developers in the design and development of a web-based, n-tier document management application Java platform and Oracle back-end. Primary technologies included Java, ASP, SQL, XML, and COM+.

Helped businesses make the most of their Internet presence through consultation, design, development, and full service management.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for leading the initiative to redesign our Intranet interface to develop a solution that is more intuitive for the end-user, while still providing complete business functionality. Conducted field interviews and organized a Steering Committee to serve as the liaison between the end users and the development team.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Maintained 100% utilization and was recognized as a top performer by internal management as well as management teams at my clients.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Lead developer for the Electronic Commerce Intranet that was responsible for the strategy, design, and construction of an interactive Database Management System that was used for internal project tracking and reporting.