data42 is Novartis’ global big data program, building a powerful FAIR data platform and products that will transform how medicines are developed.

Unleashing the power of data and cognitive search technologies to accelerate discovery and decision making within R&D (Regulatory intelligence) and Group functions.Lead cross-functional teams and networks of technical domain experts to deliver state-of-the-art semantic search strategies and services within GDD Regulatory & Medical, Patient Safety, Digital Health, and Biomedical research.Serve as an advocate, mentor, and role model for integrating professional insight services and deliver against a dynamic roadmap supporting strategic initiatives.Member of the newly created global KM community.

Creating and implementing global, cross-divisional strategies & plans in the area of digital communications & marketing, corporate branding, social media, employee engagement and collaboration.- Delivered a unified employee experience and internal communication system to more effectively reach and engage our associates, and to help build a more united and collaborative culture - Product owner of the new Enterprise Search and active member of the Search/Tech. Enabler Steering Committee- Led the Brand refresh execution for print & online channels (from social to majors Intranets & external sites)- Supported the Global Social Media strategy implementation and governance - Optimised the financial results publishing on external and internal channels- Supported and enabled various global Patient engagement initiatives

Solution Architect / Consultancy services to Information managers and business customersCo-Lead the NIIT Architecture Board (Application Stream Lead)Manages the .NET Operations and Development services

Strengthened IT Security and rolled out Information Governance principles across Group functionso Mitigate risks identified in the IGM assessments and Internal Audit of NI IT and the rollout of the IGM Manual within NI, including assets in Non-IT NI/Group functions.o Follow up and report on the remediation activities as identified in the 2012 NI IT Internal Audit findings.o Final Rollout of the IGM Control Framework within NI and Non-IT NI / Group functions, including re-work on critical deliverables where inconsistencies have been identified.o Run the IT Security Remediation/ Cybersecurity awareness campaign (Catalyst) to address the IT Security risks and remediate the recurring IT security issues.

Responsible for vacating the Bern datacenter in time, budget and quality. Reducing HW footprint for NI considerably (>20%) by decommissioning servers, increased usage of virtualization and consolidation to our strategic platforms moves.Preparing for enhancements in operational efficiency and enabling future savings for the company in the next years

Deliver solutions and services in the areas of information retrieval, text mining and data mining.J2EE Architect provisioning large scale search applications based on various cutting edge text mining technologies (Extensive usage and aggregation of Search engines, including semantic tools and concepts to offer solution to the scientist community)

Consultancy to Novartis/IK@N as J2EE Software Engineer and Subject Matter Expert for internal development / Leading the IT Architecture Group dedicated to object-oriented strategies.o Review ongoing Java projects, support lean IT and application standardization. o Implement and feed Architecture knowledge base and decision helpero Educate developers on modelling and OO architecture principles.o Consolidate Java development guidelines and core component libraries, introduce methodology.