Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium
More than 25 years of experience in general Biotech, Pharma and global IT leadership. Translating the company's ambitions and challenges into a digital strategy. • Improvement of business processes - consolidation of data/application silos : Use IT more effectively to meet larger company goals. • Use innovation and business needs to shape digital architecture through roadmaps. Business alignment, the development and Implementation of new architecture and business continuity plans. • Achievement and adherence of regulatory compliance. (GxP) • (prepare for) commercialisation : CRM; supply chain; reporting & digitalisation • Pragmatic approach • IT leadership : vision- strategy- inspiration- motivation- values and culture • Use roadmaps and strategy to create financial stability. Portfolio management and optimisation of resources. Rollout of new ERP systems (SAP) + business intelligence dashboards • IT governance : Incident and change management, risk based approach; robust audit framework. Effective document management: paper to electronic, data retention and deletion. • Cybersecurity : assessment of processes and architecture. Keep the right balance between block, lock, monitor and allow through training. (NIST framework adherence)
- The setup of an IT Automation Center of Excellence : Creation of the charter, Scope setting (across the pharma value chain and internally within IT) & definition of KPI’s, define use cases, projects and initial analysis. Technologies to be covered/analysed : RPA, AI, ML, LowCode/NoCode, etc - IT Strategy refresh