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Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Global Leader of Information Technology delivering comprehensive IT strategy, architecture, security, operations, infrastructure, and enterprise applications to help Cytel shape the future of drug development - Working to enable growth, productivity, and global reach through cloud technologies, enterprise platforms, and on-demand products and services.Selected Accomplishments:Established global standard operating procedures, IT policies, and related controls to enable regulatory compliance for GxP, GDPR, and ISMS.Moved from site-based to global cloud-based GxP compliant and disaster tolerant infrastructure on Microsoft Azure supporting global enterprise functions, service delivery teams, and customer facing SaaS platforms for clinical trial design.Implemented global cybersecurity technologies, procedures, controls, and achieved global registration/certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2013.Implemented global ERP (retired 13 legacy ERP), CRM, HCM, GRC (Archer), Quality Management, Office 365, Software Development Platforms (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Visual Studio, Azure Dev Ops).Implemented and validated Global Cloud-Based Statistical Analysis/Data Science Platforms including SAS, R, Python, Posit Workbench, Connect, Package Manager.Developed customer support portal to enable customer self-service for product and user entitlement provisioning with single-sign-on for enterprise clients.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Director of IT and Digital Science for the Portable Analytical Instruments Business leading IT strategy, operations, architecture, infrastructure, applications, and product facing IoT integrations to bring durable, easy to use, world-class analytical instruments and services directly to the point of need.Selected Accomplishments:Led the integration of IT technologies into product development to enable new business models, make products more extensible and easier to support and manage, and worked to establish digital technologies as a pillar for growth. The TruNarc Product won Edison and R&D100 Awards for product innovation. Our projects were cited in the Harvard Business Review articles "How Smart Connected Products are Changing the Competitive Landscape" and "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies" by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann. Built global cloud based IoT architecture supporting product facing web services to connect analytical instrument platforms to back-office infrastructure to automate maintenance and support processes (SW Updates, Library Updates, Entitlements, configuration management).Harmonized business processes, applications, technology platforms, and sites across three acquired businesses. Achieved synergies through consolidation and process standardization, and increased operational excellence and service delivery across business units and locations.

Global Head of IT leading the evolution of the IT team, Infrastructure, and enterprise applications to help this start-up business grow, scale, and achieve a successful exit strategy. Led the integration of IT technologies into product development to help make products more extensible and easier to support and manage - Ahura Scientific was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2011.Selected Accomplishments:Built the global IT team, operating procedures, policies, global helpdesk, and IT security tools and platforms.Implemented ERP/Manufacturing Systems, Business Intelligence Infrastructure, and established SOX compliance processes and controls.Developed and applied IT technologies in product development to extend global support processes to instruments in the field enabling advanced service and support capabilities (upgrades, entitlements, configuration management and history, reach back support) over the internet through IoT integrations.

Wilmington, Ma, Us

Director of Information Systems leading development of a comprehensive IT roadmap and project portfolio for a $180M division of Analog Devices. Managed annual IT budgets supporting wafer fabrication operations in Cambridge and manufacturing/test operations in the Philippines. Fostered a culture of innovation, collaboration, and responsiveness resulting in operational excellence in IS service delivery.Selected Accomplishments:Led the consolidation, upgrade, and stabilization of all IT services/platforms from manufacturing, test engineering, and product engineering into a single division wide IT structure resulting in improved performance, scalability, reliability, and capability to deliver strategic business value.Led the design, development, and deployment of a 30 Terabyte global engineering data warehouse, and an advanced analytical analysis platform using Spotfire DXP. The project resulted in increased engineering productivity, improved parametric data analysis, improved process management, and automated CPK trend analysis. Upgraded manufacturing execution systems supporting the Micro-Machined Products Division worldwide supply chain. Introduced high availability server cluster, SAN, database, web reporting, and retired 200+legacy processes/applications resulting in improved business scalability and a lower cost of ownership.Led a strategic companywide SAP Business Value Assessment Project involving more than 100 functional business managers, consultants, and subject matter experts across corporate finance, sales and marketing, and product line management organizations. The project resulted in an SAP program that included technical and functional roadmaps supporting infrastructure upgrades, platform upgrades, and improvements to improve go-to-market, quote-to cash, and product lifecycle management processes.

Corning, New York, Us

Director of Information Technology leading overall budgets, roadmaps, staff, resources, suppliers, and global IT services. Led Corning Lasertron’s integration with Corning Photonic Technologies to enable a strategic supply chain shift from buy to make for pump laser production. Developed IT strategic roadmaps, project portfolio, and led the IT project team for two major capacity expansion projects.

Led manufacturing system implementations at Corning’s Micro-Optic Component Products Division. Managed the development of physical models, process models, product structure, and process controls supporting the implementation of the PROMIS manufacturing execution system that resulted in a 9-fold increase in the production of thin-film optical filters at the Marlborough MA facility.

Arlington, Va, Us