* Digital Transformation Strategic Consulting* Program Management* Quality Management System Optimization

Responsible for the Digital Transformation of the entire biosimilars unit from Development to Commercialization• Partnered with the key Strategic Digital Heads in Customer Engagement, Sales & Operations and Portfolio &Pipeline as well as coordinating activities across the geographical regions with the Digital Regional Heads• Established a 5 year Digital Strategy targeting value generation and capability building supported by direct change management• Managed project portfolio in business process automation, analytics & visualizations, data science, machine learning and natural language processing• Recruited, developed and coached digital project managers from the business• Created a Digital Community to share learnings and accelerate scaling and adoption of solutions• Member of the Biosimilars Executive Committee

Supported multiple technology platforms (Biotech, Solids, Anti-Infectives and Chemical operations) by establishing of strategic quality plans, governance and performance management• Responsible for Novartis STEP young talent pipeline: Identify, develop, coach, mentor and promote new talents through a 2-year rotation program• Led a team of 4 PMOs through NTO Quality organizational transformation as ad-interim Manager• Established the driving purpose and structured the concept behind the Novartis Quality Transformation(organizational model change, culture change and efficiency challenge)• Created Data Science solutions to address large scale performance and Quality reporting issues (67 sites)• Led multiple programs: Reporting Green Fielding, Recall Prevention, Empowering our people

Brought focus and execution to the site during FDA Remediation by designing and managing the site project portfolio; reduced the number of concurrently active projects from 250 to 60• Coached project leaders in issue resolution, stakeholder management and communication• Supported the creation, establishment and execution of a 5 year strategic plan• Project Manager for: two new visioning inspection machines (automatic and semi-automatic), Management Engagement Project, tiered daily management system• Developed Site’s governance structure and the data aggregation and analytical tools to ensure effective performance management.• Served as internal consultant to resolve process issues, provide data analysis and leadership advise on improvement activities, organizational factors and enhancing messages to resonate with audiences

• Coordinated project management activities and deliverables for over 300 employees across 4 groups in 3 countries (Canada, Mexico, India and the United-States)• Managed internal IT development projects that generated substantial savings (30 FTE)• Managed Program Schedule for 3 aircraft programs with over 10,000 parts each with their own project step• Built and provided integrated program visibility to a large stakeholder base involving a high volume of data• Managed complex financial information for aircraft packages and the group (Earned Value, Budgets, Bids, Estimates)• Built high level Risk Management overview (Analysis, Cost impacts, Mitigation plans)• Created standard PMO processes and templates

• Managed Program Budget of 40M$; improved forecasting accuracy by 15% by optimizing the budget process and adding forecasting accuracy analysis and burn rate analysis• Defined and implemented Risks & Opportunities tracking• Provided planning services for Business Relationship Managers, Business Partners and Project Managers• Enabled projects to move quickly from the Business Go decision to PM assignment by running the initiation phase• Provided support to the Program Director for the Strategic Plan by ensuring Portfolio alignment, maintaining the Strategic roadmap and driving project managers to achieve critical milestones• Acted as PMO Focal for Achieving Excellence (Continuous improvement initiative) and obtained silver certification• PMO Subject matter expert (SME) for project planning

• Lead for Non-Production Purchasing and Supplier Relationship Management modules• Supervised activities of Bucharest purchasing team• Coordinated training and security: created and managed a database for users’ security and training role mapping.

• Developed tools to reduce or eliminate non-value-added operations• Optimization and creation of business processes: Lab performance management; FGIM (Finished Goods and Inventory Management) to standardize forecasting and stabilize demand; aggregated the Quality dispatch list; created a lab schedule to accommodate the needs of four departments working together

• Responsible for business development, contract negotiations and finances• Managed IT projects with 4 programmers where I created the main algorithm concepts and user interfaces