VP, Business Planning and Transformation

Bio-Rad Laboratories,                                                                  Nov. 2020 to current

Global leader with 8000 employees focused on enabling the life science industry through laboratory and diagnostics solutions.

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Reporting to the COO, I joined with a mission to create the Business Transformation Office and Centers of Excellence in Project Management, Portfolio Management, Process Excellence/Lean and Change Management to accelerate growth.

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Directly led all aspects of Corporate Strategy Planning and Deployment process including Mission / Vision / Values, 10-year Long Range Planning, 5 -year roadmap, yearly objectives, through Executive meetings (60+) and workshops.
Own Balanced Scorecard design and performance tracking.

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Assembled a team of 22 SMEs to deliver on Business Transformation & Continuous Improvement projects:

 

• Drove multimillion dollar saving through Continuous Improvement of key operational metrics such as Scrap, On Time In Full, First Pass Yield…

• Delivered Business Transformation projects critical to enable Bio-Rad accelerated growth

• Integrated Business Planning in partnership with Oliver Wight (S&OP).

• Bio-Rad Academy providing development opportunities from self-service to cohort program.

• Manufacturing site consolidation for operational effectiveness and business continuity.

• Lean Transformation in Manufacturing with tiered Daily Management, Visual Management and Critical problem Solving. 

• Developed and deployed Global Process Owner model starting with IBP in 2021, Procure to Pay in 2022 and currently for Order to Cash.

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VP, R&D Strategy and Operations

Sangamo Therapeutics,                                                          April 2020 to Nov. 2020

High growth Biotech company with 350 employees focused on curing patients through gene therapy, cell therapy, and in vivo genome engineering.

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Transferred to this role created by the CEO with a mission to elevate R&D to the next level of maturity in order to enable and protect innovation, bring focus through portfolio prioritization and develop R&D operational excellence.

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Established a new team with expertise in Project Management, Portfolio Management and R&D operations.

 

• Developed the R&D Composite Index for portfolio prioritization,
  6 weeks from concept to delivery. 

• Defined and implemented multiple business processes to manage Academic Collaboration, Competitive Intelligence, Scientific Publication…

• Designed and implemented Dashboard to enhance visibility on R&D Operations.

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Chief of Staff to the President and CEO

Sangamo Therapeutics,                                                                               2019 - 2020

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Joined during a pivotal transition from being a company purely focused on research to moving assets to clinical stage. The organization needed disciplined methodology for strategy planning and deployment and more robust and efficient business processes.

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Member of the Executive Leadership Team. Accountable for leading the corporate strategy planning and deployment process (Hoshin-Kanri) to accelerate our path to commercial. Directly led special projects. Enabled CEO success through preparation, facilitation and follow up for BOD, Executive team meeting and external engagement.

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• Immediately after joining, replaced exiting General Counsel to prepare & facilitate BOD meeting.

• Customized a strategy deployment approach, from articulating the CEO’s vision to ensuring individual contributors properly balanced their contribution to Deliver, Improve & Transform.

• Delivered BOD endorsed corporate objectives by end of year and objective cascade and 100% individual objectives completed by end of February.

• Created biannual senior leadership team meeting (60+ Sr Directors to C suite). Designed & facilitated workshops for the Senior Leadership Team. 

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Chief of Staff to the VP, Strategy & Operations

Johnson & Johnson, Global Services                                                           2017 - 2019

Shared services organization of 3,500+ employees serving the 130,000+ employees of J&J for Finance, Procurement and Human Resources.

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Joined during the consolidation of Finance, Procurement and Human Resources from 220+ operating companies into 5 regional hubs of co-located Shared Services. The organization had a need to shift from the consolidation program to the “Run” mindset to focus on sustaining 1 Billion -dollar recurrent cost savings and prepare the organization for operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

 

Led the strategy planning process including strategy definition, road map, annual goals & objectives, strategy deployment & execution. Designed & facilitated workshops for the Leadership Team and 70 Director to VP Leaders. Directly led special projects in organizational design and improvement of portfolio management. Provided preparation, facilitation and decision support for leadership team meetings.

 

• Delivered the Global Services strategic plan to sustain the 1 Billion-dollar recurrent cost savings delivered over the past 2 years.

• Defined the value stream including cross functional synergies and organizational structure that will enable our next major business transformation.

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Associate Director, Strategic Business Improvement

Janssen R&D, Global Regulatory Affairs ​                                                    2014 - 2017

Organization of 700+ employees fostering relationships with Health Authorities around the world to obtain approval to deliver innovative healthcare solutions to patients in oncology, immunology, neurology, vaccines...​

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Joined when the organization was facing the need to adapt to the pace of double digit growth. Several gaps including lack of project portfolio governance and inability to consolidate and analyze resource allocation were hampering the ability to gain a clear view of active and upcoming projects and to make portfolio prioritization and steering decisions.

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Provided corporate consulting services including external benchmark, workshop design and facilitation, training and coaching on project leadership and Lean tools, concepts and philosophy. Led special projects including building our PMO. Led Change Management (PROSCI) in a complex & sensitive organizational change environment.

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• Designed and implemented the Project Management Office from project portfolio governance to performance tracking to project leaders training and coaching to delivering on double digit growth of our portfolio with no incremental resources.

• Started up the “One J&J” Regulatory Operation platform to harmonize regulatory best practices, enhance partnership with Health Authorities across the globe and ultimately accelerate commercialization approval.

• Grew the Lean R&D Community of Practice from 50 to 800 members by developing an online community and delivering monthly webinars and yearly Lean R&D summit in the USA/Europe.

 

 

Manager, R&D Product Development

J&J Vision Care                                                                                              ​2012 - 2014

Contact lens division of Johnson and Johnson sharing the J&J goal of changing the trajectory of health for humanity by helping people see better, connect better, live better.

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Joined when the organization had not launched any new product in 3 years and was losing market share for several product lines. This burning platform created the need to quickly redesign the new product development process to launch the next generation of product and regain market share.

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Led a diverse team of 14 (Scientists, Product Development Engineers & Clinical Coordinators) developing the Vision Care new product portfolio and was directly accountable for the Beauty lens product portfolio including Quality Function Deployment / Design to Value, Design Control review, pilot line process development, clinical trial build, specification definition & technology transfer.

 

• Identified synergies between R&D, QA, Design Control, PMO… and redesigned and implemented the new product development process resulting in the first new product launch in 4 years and in the inversion of the market share loss trend.

• Applied Lean and Risk Analysis concepts to new product development resulting in development time acceleration and launch of a new product line expected to deliver 60% of projected organic growth from new products by 2020.

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Customer Program Manager

PlasmaTherm                                                                                                 2011 - 2012

Worldwide leader in plasma deposition and etching equipment for the semiconductor industry with 200+  employees and 30 million in revenue.

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Joined after a spin off when the organization needed to provide white glove service to its customers in order to maintain pace of repeat orders and generate new business. 

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Direct responsibility for interacting with and representing Customers within the company, RFQ / PO review, labor/parts/cost/schedule tracking, acceptance testing, coordination of customer support and reporting to the four company owners.

 

• Managed a project portfolio including a $10 Million Joint Development Program representing a 30% increase in company revenue.
   

Owner, President

Hilton Imaging Solutions                                                                              2009-2014

Niche manufacturing business of specialty laser printer cartridges for the award and trophy industry.

 

Semi-absentee owner with 1 full time office/sales manager, 1 full time technician and 3 part time technicians. Focused on P&L, trade show preparation and execution, multi-million dollar business account management, customer satisfaction and new product line development and commercialization. Acted as back up for day to day operation of the business as needed.

 

• Grew the business 20% year over year.

• Sourced R&D partners, initiated joint development program and
  developed next generation product line.

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Manager, R&D Quality

Essilor​                                                                                                             2002 - 2011

Worldwide leader in eye-wear with 65,000+ employees and 7.5 billion in revenue.

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Joined when the organization needed to globally harmonize our Quality Management System for R&D and ultimately significantly enhance our R&D operational efficiency to remain competitive against smaller and more agile players.   

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Led an international team of 3 managers and 17 engineers and technicians based in the USA, France and Singapore. Accountable for providing technical expertise and oversight for quality control laboratory operations, health & safety, testing methods, new test development, product / process validation, training, audit, quality documentation control, equipment purchase, calibration, maintenance, validation of new product compliance with specifications, ISO & CE norms and FDA, competitor analysis, sales and marketing support.

 

• Led the R&D Quality organization and ISO 17025 Testing Lab, providing technical expertise and validation for over 100 projects a year generating over $ 500 million in incremental revenue.

• Led own department to reach the 50% faster time to market corporate objective by improving operational efficiency by 20% and decreasing turnaround time by 35% within a year.

 

R&D Engineer in the aerospace industry

Mecaprotec Industries

Airbus

Eurocopter

​1998 - 2002​