Responsible for product supply from 20+ global contract manufacturing organizations, including supply chain, issue resolution (technical, business, quality), contract & relationship management and tech transfers.

Managing program to introduce product with new West TD Labeling, including all manufacturing, serialization and supply chain activities. Also responsible for some Lazanda Trade activities.

Led contract manufacturing operations organization accountable for development and manufacturing of sterile pharmaceuticals with more than 25 global large, medium and small pharma/biotech partners. Reported to site head and member of the site leadership team, having responsibility for developing a best in class team, meeting delivery deadlines, achieving financial plan, developing effective working relationships with customer representatives and their senior leaders, governance and creating a strategy to meet future needs of business. • Met financial plan while successfully integrating new business and materials management systems including SAP. • Met critical deadline by overcoming multiple technical issues to deliver product requirements for launch of customer’s highest priority new product for 2017. • Worked with senior director of engineering to successfully include Contract Manufacturing’s requirements for a new $120 million filling, lyophilization and packaging building.

Single point of accountability for overall relationship with numerous pharma and biotech customers as well as revenue, margin, and product growth. Responsible for managing and/or overseeing projects, resolving business and technical issues, negotiating development & supply agreements, creating/managing governance process, planning/coordinating quarterly business & quality review meetings and following up on action items, building long-term partnerships and developing strategic growth plans. • Won new contract for customer’s next generation product, which required obtaining internal approval for a major capital investment.• Successfully negotiated a new 3-year supply agreement that maintained product supply while also staying in compliance with a major regulatory commitment. Required significant negotiations with both the customer and internal senior Quality Leadership. • Negotiated multiple multi-year contract extensions with large pharma, generic and biotech customers.

Identified and generated evidence to demonstrate the value proposition of Baxter’s renal products. Worked in conjunction with Director in setting reimbursement strategy. Provided direction for the design of home hemodialysis clinical trials.

Oversaw internal biologic and small molecule commercial development, business development and licensing strategy, working closely with clinical development, market analytics, R&D and Market Access. • Led multi-functional team to develop requirements for a new formulation and a new technology delivery device for Humira LCM product. • Gained senior management approval to move forward with both biologic and small molecule Rheumatoid Arthritis development programs.

Responsible for in and out-licensing and annual portfolio planning process.

Senior Manager, Oncology Business Development/Clinical Trial Contracting, Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, 1999-2001.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park and North Chicago, Illinois• Contract Marketing Analyst, Hospital Products Division, 1998. • Hospital Account Manager, Hospital Products Division, 1996-1998. • Manufacturing Engineer, Chemical and Agricultural Products Division, 1993-1996. • Project Manager, Drug Substance Submission Readiness, CAPD, 1990-1993. • Process Development/Support Engineer, Chemical and Agricultural Products Division, 1988-1990.