Thomas Célérier

Client Partner @ EPAM Systems - Healthcare and Life Sciences

San Francisco Bay Area

About

My unwavering focus is on the customer experience, helping clients adapt to changes as they navigate transformation initiatives. Healthcare and Biotech industry thought leader and advisor. Results oriented professional, with a unique blend of customer love, people focus, scientific mindset, strategy, change management, delivery and operational excellence experience. Proven ability to engage, mobilize and harness the energies of complex business ecosystems meaningfully, and to collaborate with key executives, teams, and boards, to shape global companies' vision, strategy and tactics, and deliver measurable plans and results. Backed by Silicon Valley, North American, European and top tier consulting experience, an HEC MBA, and an MSc. in Biotech, Agronomy and Engineering. - Specialties: Pharma and Biotech Industry and Operations, Strategy, Technology, Operations Growth and Scale-up, Transformation/Turn-around, Complex Programs Delivery - French American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Chapter, President, Execom and Board Member - French American Foundation for Medical Research and Education, CFO and Treasurer, Board Member - French Heritage Society, SF Chapter, Co-Chair and Board Member - Citizenships: Dual French and American

Experience

  • Client Partner & BU Head - Healthcare & Life Sciences Business Unit - US West Region at EPAM Systems
    Nov 2021 - May 2026 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

  • Board Member at CarryMe 🧳🕊️🌏
    Jul 2025 - Apr 2026 · 10 mos

  • FACC California SF-LA | French American Chamber of Commerce, California (18 yrs 5 mos)
    • President
      Jun 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Member of the Board of Directors
      Jun 2014 - Apr 2026 · 11 yrs 11 mos

    • Co-President
      Jun 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Associate Partner, Healthcare and Life Sciences Bay Area Lead and Global Business Unit Team Member at Sia Partners
    Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mos

    Sia Partners is a next generation management consulting firm. We offer a unique blend of AI and design capabilities, augmenting traditional consulting to deliver superior value to our clients. Beyond our own culture, practices, and policies, we believe that incorporating CSR into how we serve our clients will allow us to have next-level impact. Learn more and engage with us at https://www.sia-partners.com/en.

  • Slalom (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Director, Healthcare & Lifesciences Market Head - Silicon Valley & NorCal Leadership Team
      Dec 2020 - Jul 2021 · 8 mos

    • Client Service Partner, Healthcare & Lifesciences Market Head - Silicon Valley
      May 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Client Service Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences
      Jan 2016 - May 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos