Expertise –Building on a baseline of service across a variety of industries, Bill turned his focus to life sciences where he has served companies in the healthcare, biotech and biopharmaceutical space for the last 15+ years. He has served a variety of life science companies large and small, ranging from small healthcare companies (e.g. Lumetra Healthcare Solutions) through mid-sized research and development organizations (e.g. Exelixis and SyStemix) to fully integrated global industry leaders (e.g. Amgen and Genentech).
Bill’s experience in strategic and operational IT leadership has been almost evenly divided between industry and consulting positions. Notable consulting engagements include multi-year leadership of client transitional programs while his in-house work has resulted in strengthened IT organizations delivering an increased contribution to business objectives in life science research, development and commercialization
Subject Areas–Information Technology Management, Full Lifecycle Program and Project Management, IT Operations, ERP Implementation
Business Acumen – Strategic Planning, Large-Scale Program Management, P&L and Budgeting, Team Building & Performance Optimization, C-Level Client Relationship Management
Industry Verticals –Life Sciences, Energy & Utilities, High Tech, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense
Representative transformation programs include
- Transformational IT Leadership – Led an assessment of the IT infrastructure, operations, applications and organization at a healthcare firm. On completion of the assessment, served as interim head of IT, launching a change program that is increasing reliability and scalability of IT services while garnering a 50% reduction in costs.
- IT Strategic and Operational Management – Reinvented the IT function at a maturing biotech company, implementing technology, systems and processes while molding a group of technologists into a business focused team that served the needs of a fast growing base of internal customers and external collaboration partners.
- ERP Selection, Implementation and Support - Collaborated with senior management to champion the need for ERP solutions in FDA regulated environments at two biotechnology companies. Guided teams in defining business requirements, analyzing alternatives and selecting a package of solutions then implementing and supporting SAP. Created a partnership of business, IT and consultant team members and drove the project to implementation on time and within budget
A sample list of clients includes: Lumetra Healthcare, Amgen, SUGEN, Genteric, SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Southern California Gas Company, Gas Company of New Mexico, Hewlett-Packard, and Charles Schwab
Past employers: Capgemini, Exelixis, SyStemix/Genetic Therapy (Novartis US biotech’s), Computer Sciences Corporation, Ernst & Young, Texas Oil & Gas, Texas Instruments
Education - B.Sc. Industrial Management; Louisiana State University
References, affiliations, certifications and publications are available on request.
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