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Boston, Massachusetts, US

Wharton, New Jersey, US

• Program Manager supporting Alexion’s Patient Services group within US Commercial
• Built a successful business case for a $4.5M program to implement a new Patient Services Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution
• Managed the software selection process and developed the overall program implementation strategy with Patient Services
• Program managing and partnering with Accenture to staff and lead eight workstreams assigned to implement the new CRM.

• Project Manager for Alexion’s Global Commercial COVID-19 response taskforce. Partnered with the VP of Commercial for the successful transition of Alexion’s global salesforce to virtual engagements with healthcare.
• IT Project Manager responsible for the implementation of a bespoke Global Pricing application that provides improved visibility and consistent management of country-level product pricing to the commercial teams. This.
• UltomirisTM Product Launch team member, IT Program Manager and IT Lead partnering with Alexion’s Marketing and Commercial teams to deliver mission critical product launches in the US, Japan and International markets..
• IT Business Partner and Lead partnering with Alexion’s Global Marketing team’s HCP Engagement project to establish global best practices and technologies to improve consistency and reduce duplicative effort.
• Successfully led Alexion’s US Commercial Operations and IT CRM team to implement “Best in Class” Speaker Bureau processes and engagements through a partnership with Physicians World.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

• Responsible for providing program and project management expertise for AstraZeneca's Information & Records Management team and Legal department.
• Finalized a business case for, performed commercial negotiations and implemented iManage’s Worksite document management system for AZ Legal globally allowing for the simplification and standardization of its legal.
• Successfully managed and delivered the upgrade and migration of AZ Legal’s Legal Hold Management System to the vendor’s (Exterro) cloud-based service; thereby reducing ongoing operational costs to AZ Legal
• Partnered with the AZ Information and Records Management Lead to implement an Information Governance program to improve the management of AstraZeneca’s information assets, ensure re-use of AZ’s information and reduce.
• Partnered with Deloitte to execute a multi-phased program to assess AZ’s current Information Governance Maturity and perform an inventory of the company’s assets to identify information risks and mitigation plans.
• Successfully developed a business case with Senior IT leadership and architects and provided program management oversight for the implementation of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s Structured Data Manager (SDM) to provide.

Tokyo, JP, JP

• Responsible for the management of the RIM portfolio of projects, maintained and prioritized the RIM program road map, built business cases for support of Shire’s strategic initiatives or RIM program priorities and.
• Partnered with the Sr. Director of RIM to manage the overall RIM program portfolio and roadmap ensuring key milestones were achieved and aligned to Shire’s business strategies. Provided quarterly status reports to.
• Successfully championed the need for RIM to support Shire’s strategic One Shire program with Shire Finance and RIM’s Steering Committee. Acquired Senior Legal and Finance sponsorship and funding ($700k) for RIM to.
• Successfully partnered with Senior IT leadership to develop a business case for the introduction of a systems decommissioning solution and capability within Shire to identify and reduce Shire’s IT operational costs by.
• Participated on the SDM project team as a core team member and collaborated with IT leadership to ensure the business and IT requirements are met, the change management activities are successful and delivery of the.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

• Responsible for building and maintaining IT strategies for ARM, providing line management to staff to deliver records management and project management expertise to ARM customers.
• Led the Records Management System Migration project to establish one global paper records management software solution for AZ. This project enabled consistent processes and technologies to be employed for the.
• Directed the re-validation of ARM’s TRIM system and generation of new Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) documentation to improve the level of quality of the documentation and compliance utilizing a team of contract.
• Successfully led ARM’s response to the AZ Transformation restructuring program on time and under budget. Provided global program management support for the records management, cleanup and archiving of business records.

Consulting Workstream Leader (Project Manager) at AstraZeneca to implement an Electronic Archive to ensure the retention of AstraZeneca's electronic records as systems are retired and decommissioned.

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, US

Managed the Development, Quality Assurance and Implementation of a Patient Management software solution to enhance RMMC’s patient monitoring capabilities, allow for improved staff resource management and improved management reporting capabilities.

Collaborated with IT and Legal to respond to requests for information and data, develop cost estimates and impact analyses, and reduce risk to Merck by improving the litigation readiness of Merck’s current and future IT systems, and develop supporting guidelines and training programs.Key Accomplishments:-Reduced risk to Merck by managing a team of business.

Promoted to manage the operation of Merck Manufacturing Division’s (MMD) Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and maintain their state of compliance.Key Accomplishments:-Reduced risk to Merck by leading a cross- functional team chartered by MMD Executive Quality Assurance Management to expedite the redeployment of NG LIMS and Stability LIMS at.

Recruited to manage cross-functional projects and improve business processes.Key Accomlishments:-Developed and executed an implementation strategy to deliver the Merck NG LIMS system to Merck’s Vaccine Division, ensuring the delivered product met the divisional requirements on time -Enabled the critical deployment of the Standard Data Order Writing.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

Responsible for the successful integration of the former Zeneca and AstraMerck Quality Assurance systems such as Product Recall and the Technical Document Management System (TDMS).

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

Recruited to ensure the continued operation of AstraMerck’s clinical supplies system and business processes and to successfully integrate AstraUSA clinical supplies systems and processes with AstraMerck’s.

New York, New York, US

Responsible for the implementation of a Global Clinical Trials Project Management solution and support of Research Financial systems

Wilmington, DE, US

Hired as a Technical lead for support of Manufacturing Requirements Planning Solutions for the DuPont Automotive Refinish business at two manufacturing sites

Bachelors, Computer Science

Bs, Computer Science