Dr. Michael Ackermann, Phd, Mba Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Chattanooga, Tennessee, US

Huntsville, AL, US

Wake Forest, NC, US

Angel Investment company focusing on start-up and local/regional growth companies. The primary focus is on technology and healthcare but we are opportunistic in other industries. Over the last five years we have developed a portfolio of assets with significant growth potential.

CORPORATE PROFILE: Magnatas is a boutique consulting firm with selective clients helping to solve their Business Problems. These include Product Launch readiness assessment and launch budget development, organizational efficiency/effectiveness and new commercial model development. In addition we assess investment opportunities in the life sciences sector..

Durham, North Carolina, US

• CORPORATE PROFILE: At $4B with 24,000 employees Quintiles Transnational is the World’s leading RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: Clinical Research Organization and contracted commercial organization.125 employees with 8 direct..
• DIVISIONAL STARTUP TO $100M: Tasked to build and to turnaround a dysfunctional division lacking collaboration and exhibiting a long history of issues in transactional relationship management and eroding profits..
• TURNAROUND / PROFIT RESTORATION: Deteriorating sales and eroding profit in the Communications Division led to morale issues. Investigation revealed organizational flaws. Led the senior leadership team to investigate.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• CORPORATE PROFILE: $23B with 29,000 employees. Development, manufacturing and commercialization of ethical pharmaceuticals and biologics.RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: 150 employees. Global market research for product.
• COST CONTAINMENT / REDUCTION: In an ongoing effort to streamline operational costs and improve efficiency, developed a 3-pronged approach to institute a better process of secondary and primary research. Upgraded search.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• NEUROSCIENCE BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: At $3.5B, Neurosciences is the largest division of Lilly with 2,500 employees. Responsibility of launching and commercializing all neuroscience products in the US.
• BUSINESS UNIT TURNAROUND: Lilly removed the existing leadership of its largest business unit. Was chosen to lead Neuroscience Business Unit turnaround. Navigated extremely low morale, high attrition, and stalled.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: 1,020 employees with 8 direct. Recruiting and training of sales directors and district managers. Selection of National Sales Leader. Worked with analytics on design of territories, Districts and Regions.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• STRATTERA BUSINESS UNIT CORPORATE PROFILE: $330M with 530 employees. Prepare, launch and commercialize Strattera, the first non-stimulant ADHD medication.RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: 530 employees with 12 direct reports..
• PRODUCT LAUNCH: Challenged with the launch of Strattera amidst regulatory uncertainty. With a constrained budget and in anticipation of a positive FDA decision, my team built a launch timeline and approach strategy..

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: 32 employees with 6 direct. Designed Brand teams for new product launches. Hired and promoted Brand leaders, developed pre-launch activity Gantt charts, coordinated with medical, manufacturing, marketing and finance

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• SALES ADMINISTRATION PRIMARY CARE CORPORATE PROFILE: 15 employees. Territory design, physician targeting, incentive planning, performance auditing, sales meeting planning and logistics, developing marketing/sales.
• PRODUCT LAUNCH PREPARATION: Lilly was preparing for the launch of multiple products into several therapeutic categories. Launched new sales forces, selected and developed new sales directors, and adjusted processes for.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & ANALYTICS CORPORATE PROFILE: 17 employees. Division responsible for business planning, business development, competitive analysis, environmental assessment, and new product.
• DIVISIONAL STARTUP: Commissioned by the President of Lilly USA to build a new department. Within a year we investigated and instituted licensing/acquisition of new products, developed business planning processes, and.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• US SALES CORPORATE PROFILE: 2,000 employees. Division responsible for the ethical promotion of product information to healthcare providers.RESPONSIBILITY PROFILE: 23 employees. Maintain functional territories, setting.
• DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION / WORST TO FIRST: Tasked with the turnaround of a poorly performing District (Detroit) ranked 78/83. Immediately rallied the disjointed team and began a battlefield restructure; training.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• US STRATEGIC PRICING CORPORATE PROFILE: $3M department with 8 employees. Pricing of new products, impact assessment of government laws, assessing profitability to customer segments, assure that Lilly fulfilled its.
• PRICING STRATEGY: As the payer landscape was evolving, Lilly had no established net pricing for specific customer segments. Over a period of several months, led research to identify pricing for every product (Prozac.

Mba, General Management

Ph.D, Immunology

Start Of Phd Program, Microbiology

Bs, Biology

Executive Education, Organizational Leadership

Fogerty International Fellowship, Postdoctoral Studies In Immunology