Melissa Merkin

Empowering IT leaders and teams to create solutions resulting in remarkable impact on patient's lives.

Greater Chicago Area

About

Transformative results driven IT leader with a broad range of experience leading global complex initiatives and diverse teams for a Fortune 100 & 200 healthcare company. Proven ability to tie business and technology goals together to drive business value and productive solutions that increased organizational profitability and effectiveness. Highly regarded by peers, clients and management for leadership, organizational transformation, digital transformation, project execution, problem solving, technical expertise, and business knowledge.

Experience

  • AbbVie (13 yrs 7 mos)
    • Senior Director, R&D IT Information Research
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Lead the R&D IT organization supporting AbbVie’s R&D Regulatory and Clinical Development areas. Responsible for strategic and tactical IT leadership to achieve business and enterprise operating objectives, including stewarding of global solutions, driving the delivery of a transformative business systems strategy, building and maintaining collaborative relationships with all stakeholders, and having an enterprise mindset that solves end-to-end business problems.

    • Director, Brand Technology, U.S. Commercial
      May 2018 - Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Led the U.S. Commercial IT organization focused on the strategy and execution of brand marketing technology tactics, go-to-market strategies, and identifying ways that technology and data can make a remarkable impact.

    • Sr. Manager, Quality Laboratory Solutions
      Apr 2015 - May 2018 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for Operations Quality Laboratory Solutions organization. This included leading the strategic direction, global change management, implementation and audit readiness of major business systems and processes related to laboratory information management system (LIMS), chromatography (CDS), data management (SDMS), standalone laboratory instrumentation solutions and interfaces.

  • Abbott Laboratories (11 yrs)
    • Sr. Project Manager - Abbott Nutrition International
      Apr 2010 - Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • IT Project Manager - Global Marketing and Sales Solutions
      Feb 2006 - Mar 2010 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    • System Analyst - Application Technology Solutions
      2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs