Dennis Donohue

Work History

Executive Director IT

Merus NV

04.2019 - Current

Merus produces oncology-based antibody therapies targeted at reducing and curing cancerous tumors
Built entire IT Strategy and team to ensure proper security, compliance and integration of all digital assets;
Led teams responsible for implementation and support of digital scientific and research system (Laboratory Information Management System; Electronic Laboratory Notebook System; and various study and sequencing applications all integrated into work streams supporting business processes);
Created and delivered initial three-year IT compliance and Information Security plan, and subsequent move to ongoing iterative updates to mitigate IT risks by creating awareness (monthly awareness campaign, quarterly phishing campaigns with gamification and scoreboards, and onboarding training packages), implementing policies and procedures (from Board Level), and using technology to measure critical indicators for all aspects of information security and asset protection;
Created IT Project and Portfolio Management processes aligned with business-led IT Steering Committee to ensure prioritisation and capacity of IT Project delivery implementations and resources with corporate ambitions and goals;
Moved all on-site assets to Cloud and led company-wide adoption of remote working and meeting during COVID-19 Pandemic;
Created and led all technology teams responsible for delivery of GxP/CSV Computer systems: Regulatory Information Management, Digital Signature Platform, Clinical Data Storage, electronic Trial Master File, QMS, Manufacturing Serialisation (EPCIS), large data repositories of both public and non-public data, and all inspection-readiness, processes and policies necessary for compliance;
Created and led IT and business process teams responsible for ERP/HRIS/Contract Management/Intellectual Property/ITMS implementation and integration;
Created and led teams responsible for designing and delivering all Launch Readiness, Market preparedness, Medical information and publishing, sales, commercial and marketing systems and integrations for initial commercial Product launch;
Led teams responsible for IT portions of SOx 404b filing (10K) and creation of all IT Controls with SOx 404b relevance.

Senior Director IT Europe

Teva

08.2018 - 04.2019

Responsible for all areas of IT Operations within the European region (145 employees over 4 levels with a customer base of more than 30k employees);
Managed and operated an annual budget of approximately €31m ( €15m CAPEX);
Created a regional IT Management Team in order to best serve the regional IT needs and requirements;
Created and led an internal task force aimed at outsourcing all global IT Support
35m contract was delivered for the entirety of Teva that fit customer needs, support requirements, and global budgeting concerns;
Role and function rendered obsolete via restructuring (all executive leadership positions moved to Israel)
Achievements

Director IT Services

Wavin

09.2015 - 08.2018

Responsible for 6 areas of IT globally: Infrastructure, Workplace, Service Desks and support, Collaboration, IT Service Management, and IT Security and governance (including a focus on Data Privacy and ISO 27001), a total of approximately 65 employees in 3 levels;
Created and led an Information Security team, and devised a strategy and roadmap to deliver security awareness, technical security solutions and policies and processes to ensure risk mitigation of digital assets;
Managed and executed an annual budget of approximately €21m (€9m CAPEX), while maintaining tight control on TCO and asset management;
Led a team responsible for global digitalization of business and IT processes, including: Hybrid Infrastructure (on-premise to cloud-based services reducing cost and complexity), Digital Workplace (all user services provided via one online portal), and a reduction of dependency on 5-7 year investments in hardware;
Organised and led the search and installation of outsourcing partners for Data Centre, Cloud-based IaaS and PaaS, Network Operations, and Software
Application Design, Development and Operation (DevOps);
From 2017 (post-acquisition), responsible for global architecture team (85 resources), processes, and roadmap
Instituted a global PMO workflow and project stage-gating for all IT projects.

IT Technical Director

Eurofins

09.2014 - 08.2015

Responsible for a global IT architecture team, with a total of approximately 55 employees in 3 management levels, responsible for all Service Strategy,
Service Design and Continuous Improvement for all IT Services globally (including DB management, Data Centre, Workspace, Service Level Mangement,
Networking, Collaboration, ERP, and Security Operations);
Established Global Centres of Competency focused on globalizing processes, standardising technology, and aligning resources in a matrix organization, contrary to the structure formerly employed due to inorganic growth and integration levels;
Direct management of the global Technical Management teams responsible for: Service Design, Service Creation, Service Delivery and Service Transition for all IT projects and Technologies;
Established a global process for Technology Management, including organising regular meetings of an IT Technology and Architecture Council for global approval of technology into the environment controlled by the use of a global repository of approved technologies containing details of status and types of support offered;
Director Global Operations and Support
Viropharma (acquired by Shire)

Director Global IT Support and Operations

ViroPharma

08.2011 - 08.2014

Viropharma was a pharmaceutical company focused on orphan drugs and patients with unmet medical needs
Arrived as the first IT employee in Europe and built the entire European IT Strategy and IT team over 3 years, with a focus on BLA readiness for 3 products and commericalisation in 13 European countries;
Eventually Promoted into a global role responsible for all IT operations and support, while retaining leadership of the European region and responsibility of the digital marketing and commercialization needs from an IT standpoint;
Established a global technology roadmap and technology introduction process , owning and guiding introduction of all new technologies globally;
Managed all Mergers and Acquisitions globally, including office moves, expansions and sublets as Project Management Lead, Project Team advising and IT management including all networking, security, time management, and resource planning;
Oversaw the support and maintenance of a global ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics SL), as well as key integrations (CRM integration with Salesforce.com, stock and inventory supply with ITS);

Senior IT Manager

Celsis

03.2005 - 07.2011

Biotech company that makes reagents for microbial bacterial analysis and supplier of hepatocytes
Arrived as first internal IT Manager and created all strategy and road-mapping for everything related to IT;
Responsible for all Information Security and Regulatory Compliance, including financial reporting obligations as specified in Sox 404b;
Managed a team responsible for a Windows network, with remote users, setup active directory services and created forest extensions (joining domains during and after acquisitions) within a fully regulated environment (GMP, SOX, ISO9001);
Managed a team responsible for the application and desktop support structure for European operations within the company using ITIL methodology within a fully regulated environment (GMP, SOX, ISO9000);
Managed a team responsible for a working ERP software solution from Sage’s Line500 application suite including the application front-end, SQL backend, compiling BI tools (cubes, data warehousing, and country-specific tax filing applications within), and the business governance with IT change management to ensure end-to-end ERP certification for GMP and ISO9001;
Budgeted and Forecasted all IT assets and resources

Summary

Overview

Work History

Executive Director IT

Senior Director IT Europe

Director IT Services

IT Technical Director

Director Global IT Support and Operations

Senior IT Manager

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts

- Psychology

Skills

Certification

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