Provide practical hands-on organizational and business process advice to senior management. Expert in improving cross-cultural and post-merger integration. Experienced in improving communication among basic research, IT/informatics, clinical development, and business/commercial staff at all levels. Strategic management and executive team coach in life science and high-technology settings.

Direct report to CEO/Vorstand. Member of Executive Committee that led clinical, scientific, business and operations strategy and execution. Responsible for maintaining integration across multiple sites in two countries, including creation and development of consistent policies and company culture worldwide. Led post-merger integration activities during the merger of GPC Biotech AG with Agennix Inc. Responsible for Human Resources and IT departments worldwide.

Concurrent with other duties. Ongoing responsilbility for facilities, infrastructure and site operations (later at 3 sites in the US and Germany).

Direct report to CEO and member of Executive Committee. Following the acquisition of Mitotix, added responsibility for global corporate integration and HR to Bioinformatics and IT management, including management of HR groups in 2 countries (Germany and US). Responsible for post-merger integration and for creating a consistent company culture while retaining sensitivity to local cultures and compliance with local regulations. Led hiring efforts during several periods of rapid growth. Led further post-merger integration efforts following the subsequent acquisition of Axxima.

Direct report to CSO. Responsible for all aspects of Bioinformatics and information technology strategy. Led bioinformatics and IT groups in Waltham, Princeton, and Munich. Managed growth of bioinformatics function from 2 to 23 employees.

Provided expertise and strategy advice in bioinformatics, system administration and data management for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and software companies. Helped bridge communication gaps between IT/informatics groups and research scientists. Designed and developed software. Established bioinformatics core facilities and support approaches.

Responsible for all aspects of Bioinformatics strategy and computational infrastructure. Managed Bioinformatics Department (6 direct reports, 30 total staff). Participated directly in corporate scientific, business, and management decisions; direct report to CEO. Key member of R&D management and strategy team. Member of Joint Research Committees for major pharmaceutical alliances

Responsible for conception, planning, development and management of university-wide molecular biology research computing. Developed facilities in response to faculty research needs. Served as primary bridge between scientific and technical/administrative staff. Responsible for proposing, negotiating and managing annual budget. Hired, trained, and managed staff.

Responsible for conception and all operations of the EMBL Data Library, the first international repository of genetic sequence data, and the precursor of the European Bioinformatics Institute now located in Cambridge, UK. Conceived original services, planned operations, and initiated international collaborations that remain the foundation of scientific data sharing in genomics. As Head of Computing, responsible for computing facilities supporting 300 scientists, and initiated integration of computational tools into all phases of scientific research.

Programmer, Project Manager -- Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CAMember of the Technical Staff -- Logicon, Inc., San Pedro, CA