Dennis Lauth

Biochemist turned Pharma Executive turned Cloud Technologist | Reimagining the Life Sciences Value Chain at AWS | Keynote Speaker & Startup Advisor

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I'm a biochemist by education who ran a bn-euro P&L businesses in pharma and now works at the intersection of cloud, AI, and life sciences at Amazon Web Services. That combination — deep science, strategic and operational leadership at scale, and cutting-edge technology — is what drives everything I do. What gets me out of bed? The unprecedented convergence of medical knowledge, cloud-enabled technologies, and advanced data science. We are at an inflection point where we can finally decipher the complexity of human biology, personalize patient care, and move from a sick-care paradigm to one that truly puts patients at the center. At AWS, I help the world's leading life sciences companies and biotechs reimagine what's possible across the continuum of care — from modernizing clinical development and transforming commercial engagement to unlocking the power of real-world evidence for better decisions and better outcomes. Before AWS, I spent nearly two decades in senior executive roles across global biopharmaceutical companies — running multi-country P&Ls, leading post-merger integrations, launching 10+ products, and building commercial organizations from the ground up. I didn't just advise on strategy.I operationalized it. That's the lens I bring: not theory, but the hard-won understanding of what it actually takes to transform how medicines are developed, commercialized, and delivered to the people who need them — and a deep conviction that cloud, AI, and data are the catalysts that will make it happen at scale.

Experience

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Zurich, Switzerland)
    • WW Head, Life Sciences Commercial Strategy & Solutions, Amazon Web Services
      Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Leading AWS's global life sciences commercial strategy & solutions — helping pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech companies harness cloud, AI/ML, and advanced analytics to transform commercial and medical operations, customer engagement and patient care experiences.

    • Business Development Leader Life Sciences/Healthcare, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Senior Business Advisor at AsedaSciences
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

    Advising a startup developing a cloud-based platform to predict drug toxicity risk early in discovery — addressing one of pharma's most costly failure modes (25–30% of Phase II/III failures). The platform combines flow cytometry, automation, and advanced data science to enable "fail fast" strategies that improve pipeline quality, accelerate patient access, and reduce animal testing.

  • Head Of Strategy at Across Health
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr

    Led strategy for a boutique consultancy specializing in evidence-based omnichannel customer engagement for global life sciences companies — from design through execution and measurement.

  • Senior Advisor Life Science/Biopharmaceutical Industry at Lauth - Strat2Ex BioPharma Consulting
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs

    Translated 20+ years of strategic and operational pharma experience into advisory work for life sciences clients and digital health startups — spanning commercial strategy, digital transformation, omnichannel engagement, launch excellence, and interim leadership.

  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals (6 yrs 8 mos)
    • SVP Strategy and Business Excellence, Europe & Canada
      Apr 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Directed portfolio strategy, customer engagement, commercial operations, launch excellence, and digital health partnerships across the region.

    • SVP, Area Head Northern & Central Europe
      Jun 2013 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Full P&L ownership for 15 countries (€ 1bn+ overall revenue, 1,300+ FTEs). Significantly outperformed market growth and improved core earnings by 8 percentage points in three years.

    • VP, Head of Franchise Respiratory Europe & Canada
      May 2012 - May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Served as franchise general manager and provided overall leadership to the country brand teams in the region. Joint P&L responsibility for total Respiratory franchise with > € 300m market sales.