Richard Close Pfizer, Inc. Groton, CT Professional Experience

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1 Richard Close Pfizer, Inc. Groton, CT Richard Close Professional Experience Executive Director, Pfizer, Inc. Development Operations, Clinical Informatics and Innovation Present Leadership of 50 colleagues and a $90M budget in the acquisition, aggregation, and stewardship of Pfizer s clinical development information core to the predictable operational delivery of the portfolio. Ensure Data Quality is maintained for all key regulatory submissions and advance a sustainable approach to assure data quality from development of SAP through regulatory filing Business Sponsor for the requirements and business implementation of the Pfizer Clinical Aggregation Layer (CAL) for the real-time data exchange and aggregation of clinical trial information. CAL provides clinical trial performance, quality, operational metrics, and scientific medical oversight visualizations. Executive Lead for the implementation of processes, systems, change management requirements for Pfizer Run Studies including the implementation of a new clinical trial management system, a new clinical data management system, new processes and tools for central randomization, and all supporting ancillary clinical systems. Executive Lead for the implementation of a new $30M Biospecimen consent and sample tracking solution including the development of new business processes and technology solutions. Member of the Accenture Life Sciences Coalition (ALSC). ALSC is a coalition of 8 large pharmaceutical companies with a shared vision of building an industry platform for clinical drug development. Senior Director, Pfizer, Inc. Primary Care Medicines Development Business Technology Member of the Primary Care Medicines Development Leadership Team responsible for the strategic planning and execution of an informatics vision that support the long term objectives, mission and vision of the global Primary Care Medicines and Commercial Development organizations. Lead for the Wyeth acquisition and Integration activities for Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Lead for the initial Pfizer KEAS partnership. Established a Pfizer internal care plan development factory designed to provide online interactive patient care plans based on disease area or specific Pfizer brands. 1

2 Member of Viagra online strategy team delivering an innovative online approach based on customer insights to meet specific customer needs. Lead for delivering a suite of iphone applications (PlanQ) designed to increase the adherence of smoking cessation medicines and improve the overall quit rate for smokers. A member of the Primary Care Customer Insights team responsible for partnering on the overall strategy and delivering an online resource for commercial colleagues to reference methodologies, share best practices, and capture insights. A member of the Commercial Development innovation team responsible for driving innovation across the Primary Care Global Commercial Development organization. Senior Director, Pfizer, Inc. World Wide Head, Information & Knowledge Management Leadership of a global staff of over 70 colleagues and contractors managing an annual budget in excess of $25M. Established the Competitive Intelligence Center of Emphasis Established the Library Services team responsible for connecting colleagues around the world with authoritative scientific, biomedical, business and industry resources. Established the Collaboration framework designed to facilitate open innovation and deliver social software that enables more efficient and effective ways of communicating and collaborating across the Research, Development and Commercial Continuum. Built the Idea Management / Social Problem Solving team where we ran over 20 successful idea generation ( ideation ) and social problem solving events. The approach makes use of ideation campaigns, in which participants are engaged in a problem-solving process in a focused, timebound, and high-intensity session. Established Pfizer s first Social Network Analysis group where we apply social network analysis techniques to enhance external awareness, deep collaboration, innovation and learning delivered through consulting services and the development of network informed back-end algorithms. Portfolio Decision Support Informatics Provide support for the drug portfolio platforms and applications creating a common centralized and standardized approach to portfolio, project, and resource information across R&D. Senior Director, Pfizer, Inc. Clinical & Scientific Informatics Member of the Clinical Leadership team and Co-Chair of the integrated process team of scientific leads from lines across Clinical R&D responsible for managing the portfolio and creating the strategy for creating new scientific insights. Part of the Development Informatics Leadership Team responsible for collaborating on the overall vision for the World Wide Development informatics strategy, providing organizational leadership for setting the direction for the department operating model, and overall talent development. 2

3 Member of the Feeding the Pipeline of Talent program delivering a strategy to infuse new university talent into the organization. Part of the university relationship team and lead for the University of New Mexico recruiting program. Leadership for a team of colleagues and contractors to deliver a core set of tools and systems in support of clinical development activities including: eprotocol which is designed to provide the ability for creating the clinical protocol using structured content authoring to streamline the protocol process and enable future knowledge management capabilities. Pharmacogenomics Cohort Research Environment (Pg CoRE) which was built to enable the integration of clinical and genetic data. Silhouette which is a Patient Centric view of clinical trial data allowing for cross protocol, cross compound analysis using browsing and visualization interfaces. enca which provides fully automated non-compartmental analysis. Oyster which provides for the image capture, tracking, storage, and analysis framework for medical images. epharmacology which is an industry leading tool designed to provide the platform and workbench for compute intensive drug modeling and simulation. Director, Pfizer, Inc. Phase 1 and Clinical Technologies Member of the Global Clinical Sciences Leadership Team and Strategic Program Director for the following clinical lines: Pharmacogenomics, Clinical research Units, Clinical Pharmacology (PK/PD), Clinical Technology, Experimental Medicine, Scientific Development. Work closely with senior business leaders to align business strategies with informatics strategies/solutions. Program lead for the delivery of systems and solutions for Pfizer s Phase 1 Clinical Research Units. Member of the steering committee responsible for delivering a state of the art $35M Phase1 clinical research unit. Program lead for the delivery of systems and solutions for PK/PD analysis technologies that integrate with Phase II-III-IV technologies and repositories. Program lead for the delivery of the industry s largest biobank delivering solutions to manage and maintain human sample and human tissues for advanced genetic analysis. Partner with Clinical technologies and experimental medicine lines working on new and emerging Clinical trial technologies and methods. Areas of focus include medical imaging, hepatotoxicity research, complex mathematical models, biomarker management, and voice acoustic signal processing. Director, Pfizer, Inc. Informatics Business Lead Manager overseeing the Ann Arbor research clinic Phase I Management System. Member of both the Global Clinical Research Leadership team and the Ann Arbor Clinical Sciences leadership team. Global Project Manager for the Global Planning & Tracking initiative. This project involved analyzing, documenting, and understanding the early development clinical trial process, designing a solution to 3

4 meet the requirements, forming a team, and deploying the solution globally. Established global governance and was lead for the global steering committee. Strategic Program Manager for the Global Phase 1 management system (PIMS) initiative. Chair of the PIMS steering committee. Development Informatics Kalamazoo Site Lead, Pharmacia Integration. Oversight for 75 drug development informatics applications Vice President, MEDIDEAL, Inc. (co-founder) Successful closing of $2 million first round funding Key member of the Medideal executive team that addressed strategies/business/financial planning, budget development/monitoring, and capital purchase planning Responsible for the organization's legal affairs, and ensured maximum protection of its legal rights Part of executive management team developing new market initiatives, assessing new markets, and analyzing business opportunities Planning and directing all aspects of the organization's operational policies, objectives, and initiatives Ensured compliance with all federal, state, and local tax regulations Assisted with the acquisition of the assets of Cimtek Commerce Director, Trinity Health Data Management & Integration Services Provided leadership to a staff of over 60 colleagues and contractors. Established strategic operating plan and managed a multi-million dollar department budget Directed the development of a web based cardiovascular outcomes application Lead for the development of the Contract and Supply Management System which was initiated to allow MHS to operate more as an integrated delivery system and in support of best practice/supply standardization initiatives. Lead for the Managed Care Data Warehouse initiative which significantly improved Mercy Health Systems ability to internally measure and manage the satisfaction outcomes associated with the managed care business that flows through MHS s PHOs and other managed care organizations. Lead for the implementation of the Community Master Person Index. Successfully led enterprise wide system search and selection of a Master Person Index System used to uniquely identify an individual across the continuum of care Directed the development and support for 170+ hospital system Interfaces 4

5 Clinical Systems Manager HealthEast Hospitals Provide direction and management of all HealthEast clinical systems which include HealthQuest Patient Care, HealthQuest Pharmacy, Patient Appointments, and CHC Laboratory Worked closely with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and clinicians in the successful completion of the implementation of a system wide patient care system into 25+ ancillary departments Staff administrative activities (recruitment, evaluations, training, etc.) Directed evaluation, selection and installation of interface engine. Represented HealthEast as a presenter at the annual HBOC user conference Developed and implemented a laboratory interface using Eagle Innovations EDE software Managed project teams of programmers and analysts Consultant MckessonHBOC Worked extensively at several healthcare organizations across the country consulting on clinical solutions, developing implementation work plans, installing systems, coding modifications, developing interfaces, and providing education to users and programming staff Project Manager - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Implemented patient care unit that consisted of order entry/results reporting for Laboratory, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiology. Managed project team of programmers and analysts and tracked projects to plan. Responsible for all major technical decisions. Developed interfaces to financial systems and ADT systems. Project Manager HealthEast Hospitals, St. Paul, MN. Successfully implemented the HealthQuest Patient Care and HealthQuest Pharmacy systems for a five-hospital organization. Designed and implemented modifications to the HealthQuest Patient Management system. Instructor for ADS Application Programming language on a national and client specific level. Implementation Consultant - Bishop Clarkson, Omaha, NE. Main technical resource for the successful design and implementation of 26 ancillary departments and the Clinipac Pharmacy system in only 13 months. Developed interface to McCormick & Dodge inventory system. Worked extensively on Clinipac to Cerner Laboratory interface. Worked closely with nursing to develop a new custom kardex. Project lead for the successful implementation of the HealthQuest Pharmacy system into the Bronson Methodist delivery network. Data Processing Supervisor Westland Medical Center Established standards for data flow in and out of department Provided user support and system trouble shooting 5

6 Worked closely with all departments to provide customization, creation of special ad-hoc reports and training. Education M.Sc. Pharmaceutical Medicine, Hibernia College, Dublin, Ireland, 2008, Honors B.Sc. Computer Science, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, 1986 Boards and Industry Councils Accenture Life Sciences Coalition 2014-Present American Productivity & Quality Center BIO IT Medideal, Inc. - Board of Directors, Secretary Healthcare.com - Advisory Board 1997 MckessonHBOC - Advisory Board HL