Strategic and tactical IT leader with over 12 years of Clinical Operations IT experience. Successfully leading initiatives to strengthen Pharmaceutical R&D opportunities using strategic technology planning, delivering innovative IT solutions, managing operational portfolio with continuous productivity gains, designing and executing enterprise architecture roadmap. - Lead strategic planning & IT partner for clinical operations – responsible for identifying current and future business needs and driving the IT strategy to meet the demand using both bespoke and COTS solutions. - Experience in leading diverse global program and project teams to achieve growth, innovation & productivity goals in the organization. - Confident, dedicated thought leader with long record of strategic insight, business relationship management, enterprise architecture, team building and stakeholder satisfaction. - Consistent track record of building strong relations with the right vendors to improve productivity, improve service, and support strategic goals. - BS in Computer Science and MBA in Pharmaceutical management. CORE COMPETENCIES: Clinical Operations • Electronic Data Capture • CTMS • Patient recruitment & retention • Investigator Feasibility • Risk Based Monitoring • Study Startup • Investigator Portal • Real World Evidence • IT Strategy • Portfolio Management • Project Management • Application Lifecycle Management • Service Delivery & Management • Vendor management • Data Warehousing • Business Intelligence • ITIL • Enterprise Architecture • Analytics • IT Budget Management • Customer Relations • Team building & leadership • Business Process Reengineering • Agile methodologies

Director, Business Information Management @ Business information manager to lead the strategic roadmap and manage the operational portfolio of global clinical operations. Key Contributions: - Management of all service aspects of the application portfolio. - Leading the strategic roadmap of the future IT landscape of the clinical operations portfolio. - Bringing productivity gains by eliminating sub-optimal solutions from the portfolio. - Leading the enterprise architecture roadmap of the clinical domain. - Managing both internal and external resources (~50 team members) to build a motivated best-in-the-industry technology team that can bring innovation (from both technology and pharmaceutical domain perspective). From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) Associate Director, Business Information Management @ Responsible for managing the application portfolio for Clinical Operations to meet the ongoing and future needs of Business and IT management. Key Contributions: - Management of all service aspects of the application portfolio. - Analyzing Service Requirements in business to define/revise service levels. Monitoring Service Quality and put proactive measures in place to improve it. - Planning, budgeting and resourcing all initiatives requested by the business area for the application portfolio. - Management and direction of IT staff responsible for providing ongoing technical and application support to business units. - Provide operational/tactical/strategic support to the business community as a continuous basis for ongoing operational issues with the system. - Managing the service with the external IT development team to provide business value to customers in a timely and effective manner. From June 2008 to December 2012 (4 years 7 months) Manager, Business Information Management @ Management and oversight of clinical trial management system. Key Contributions: - Analyzing Service Requirements in business to define/revise service levels. Monitoring Service Quality and put proactive measures in place to improve it. - Planning, budgeting and resourcing all changes requested by the business area for the application. From January 2006 to June 2008 (2 years 6 months) Senior Business Analyst @ - Analysis of current system and designing an interface to better suit the needs of Novartis Oncology Medical Affairs work group to closely track trials. - Business Analysis study of a new Combination Drug reporting tool. Business Feasibility & Analysis study for Oncology Marketing data dictionary. From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Senior Business Analyst @ Worked in AT&T Labs, NJ & AT&T Consumer Services, NJ From 1999 to 2003 (4 years) Analyst @ Worked as an Analyst in various projects with Sun Life Assurance Plc., UK, GE-Harris Advanced Railway Productions, FL & Dhrangadhra Chemical Works, India From 1995 to 1998 (3 years) Systems Analyst @ From 1993 to 1994 (1 year) India

MBA, Pharmaceutical Management @ Rutgers Business School From 2006 to 2010 Engineer’s Degree, Computer Science & Technology @ Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology From 1988 to 1992 Debanjan Paul is skilled in: IT Project Management, Service Delivery, Business Intelligence, Pharmaceutical Development, Business Analysis, Clinical Trial Management, ITIL, IT Service Management, CTMS, Project Management, Analysis, Change Management, Pharmaceutical Industry, IT Management, Leadership