Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson: A leader who gets IT

Robert Anderson's Bio:

Robert Anderson's Experience:

• Manager at First Consulting Group

  June 1999 - June 2002

  ? Responsible for the profitable execution of major account client projects. Regularly interfaced with client senior management to ensure delivery satisfaction. Client projects JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE - INTELLIGENCE PORTAL o Transformed the operations of the Research Publication department by increasing productivity 84%. Removed much of the tedious effort normally required for internet searching thus allowing colleagues to spend time on high value activities. o Project exceeded established practice ROI guidelines while exceeding client expectations. HOFFMAN - LAROCHE PHARMACEUTICALS - GLOBAL RECORDS REGULATORY SYSTEM o Restructured the troubled project and then provided the necessary team leadership to unify the client and consultancy team's members. The effective teamwork along with solid planning allowed for the successful delivery of the system. SCHERING- PLOUGH PHARMACEUTICALS - CLINTRAK CLINICAL TRIALS MILESTONE TRACKING SYSTEM o Extended the Clinical Data Management business analysis engagement to include a full lifecycle project to implement recommendations. Launched and successfully implemented the ClinTraK clinical trials milestone tracking system as part of the transformational Clinical Data Management Reengineering effort.

• Product Manager at KODAK HEALTH IMAGING

  May 1998 - June 1999

  ? Lead a 50-member global cross-functional team in the development of a Cardiology/Radiology imaging workstation and fileserver that was developed jointly with the Mayo clinic. o Planned the product releases to address market pressures thus ensuring competitiveness during product development o Pioneered the use of new technologies in the department which greatly reduce development time.

• Project Manager at BOWNE DIGITAL SYSTEMS

  November 1996 - April 1998

  ? Managed the full project life cycle (client requirements - production) of 401K financial statement production systems for external clients. The statement production systems received data feeds from client systems and produced custom participant statements that tracked mutual fund investments and reported performance against several indices. o Set up processes and standards to receive postal discounts on statement mailings. This achieved savings of over $100K per year.

• Project Director / Relationship Manager Research IT at Merck Pharmaceuticals (formerly Schering-Plough)

  July 2002

  Responsible for partnering with business customers in the planning and execution of departmental strategies to achieve business objectives. Provides oversight to ensure planned delivery and cost benefit analysis targets are met. Oversees, participates and approves the interviewing, hiring, and training of departmental employees; conducts performance evaluations for direct reports; assists direct reports. Accomplishments - Led the collaborative development of the departmental multi-year Strategic Technical Plan/Roadmap detailing current and future technology trends and recommended investments required to attain strategic business and IT goals in a revenue positive manner. - Championed the utilization of Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices to implement process, tools and templates for the Project Management Organization (PMO) - Drove the adoption of business case KPIs to ensure that the portfolio was delivering the most cost-effective as well as best in class application solutions - Led the cost benefit analysis and subsequent program that reengineered the laboratory information management system (LIMS) business processes allowing for the utilization of a globalized strategic LIMS. Total cost of ownership for the systems was by reduced $2.5M. - Identified and mitigated a critical risk in strategic Consumer Health Care manufacturing system. Proposed and directed a program to mitigate risks. This protected a $2M per day revenue stream that would have been lost if the system was disrupted.

Robert Anderson's Education:

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  1995 – 1999
  BSEE
  Concentration: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science

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