Functional Skills

Business Planning
Business Unit Strategy
Change Management / Org Design
Data Collection / Research
Go-to-market Strategy
Growth Marketing
Portfolio Optimization
Product Strategy
Program Management
Strategy Development

Sector Experience

Healthcare
Life Sciences & Pharma

Languages

English
Fortune 500

Experience

Sunrise Advisors Management Consulting
Founder & Principal
2/2022 - Present
Sunrise Advisors helps:

Health technology companies define and commercialize solutions in collaboration with their provider, payer, and life sciences stakeholders, build new product and commercial capabilities, and maximize their impact

Private equity and venture teams rapidly evaluate health technology investment and acquisition opportunities

ConcertAI Corporate Strategy & Development
VP-Real-World Data Products & Partnerships
7/2020 - 1/2022
Built and led team responsible for provider partnership development, operationalization, and management

Partnered with business unit leaders to design and implement new life sciences and provider-facing product development and commercialization initiatives

Aetion Product Management / Strategy
General Manager
6/2018 - 2/2020
Led offering development, go-to-market strategy, sales and team operations for new therapeutic area products business, focused on neurology and oncology

Collaborated across product, science, technology and provider teams to design and build analytics products

Developed business requirements, market insights, and strategic recommendations for executive team

UnitedHealth Group Management Consulting
Vice President & Product Lead
1/2017 - 5/2018
Led strategy development and portfolio management for Optum Life Sciences’ real-world data and advanced analytics product portfolio

Designed and implemented business models, partnerships and go-to-market plans for new growth businesses, including ex-US real-world data and analytics, value-based contracting and EHR data-driven clinical trials

UnitedHealth Group Management Consulting
Senior Director
7/2014 - 1/2017
Designed and implemented pilot programs in key disease areas with life sciences companies, UnitedHealth Group clinical leadership and provider networks

Developed go-to-market strategies for emerging technologies, including partnerships with payers and providers to drive pull-through and enable real-world evidence generation

2016 UnitedHealth Group Executive Development Program participant

Innosight Management Consulting
Associate
12/2011 - 6/2014
Helped clients pursue growth through strategy development, business model innovation, innovation capability-building and organizational design.

Representative engagements include:

-Co-created with consumers a portfolio of digital services and business models for a health insurance company

-Designed with patients, providers and caregivers a mobile-based diabetes management system for a pharmaceutical company

-Partnered with hospital executives to create service business concepts and pilot plans for a medical products company

-Identified best practice innovation capabilities for emerging markets growth for a healthcare company

-Built a shopper insights innovation group and operating model for a food and beverage company

-Developed a strategic vision and five-year implementation plan for a consumer products company

Syneos Health Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
6/2010 - 11/2011
Led brand strategy development and organizational readiness for eight pharmaceutical and biotech product launches in the U.S. and Europe, including new molecular entities, vaccines and a companion diagnostic

Collaborated with marketing, medical, market access, regulatory, patient advocacy, sales and public relations teams to develop brand strategies and prepare for launches

Developed payer engagement strategies for pharmaceutical and biotech clients

Merck Research
Project & Portfolio Manager
11/2006 - 6/2008
Managed initiatives related to research portfolio management, process improvement, outsourcing and organizational design

Merck Research
External Services Project Manager (Rotation)
9/2006 - 11/2006
Managed scientists in India and China to support discovery research at four U.S. basic research sitesManaged scientists in India and China to support discovery research at four U.S. basic research sites

Merck Research
Medicinal Chemist
6/2004 - 9/2006
Designed, synthesized and optimized properties of novel cholesterol-lowering molecules