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10 Eli Lilly IT leaders
These ten Eli Lilly and Company IT leaders hold or have held vice president, associate vice president, executive director, senior director and director roles in information technology at Lilly. A reader can learn how they lead technology organizations in pharmaceutical businesses.
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01—10Chris Koch
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director - IT · Eli Lilly and Company
Executive Director - IT at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2024. The profile says this organization supports Lilly's Global Supply Chain, manufacturing and Quality business organization, delivering and supporting the company's single instance of SAP ERP. Former Senior Director -IT (2021–2024) and Director IT (2018–2021) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Diane Pickett
LinkedInExperience: Director - IT Mfg and Quality Global MES · Eli Lilly and Company
Director - IT Mfg and Quality Global MES at Eli Lilly and Company since January 2025; the profile says the role leads the Delta V MES team. Former Director - IT Mfg and Quality Indy Parenteral (2022–2025) and former Associate Director-IT Mfg and Quality - Quality Systems (2019–2022) at Eli Lilly and Company.
James Ahern
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for Research & Development IT · Eli Lilly and Company
Former Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for Research & Development IT at Eli Lilly and Company (2023–2024), and Associate Vice President - Global Information Systems Quality there since July 2024. The profile also lists Senior Director Information Technology roles (2014–2022 and 2022–2023) and describes 20+ years within pharmaceutical IT operations, including leading large development programs and global sourcing center strategy.
Jody Roudebush
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, IT, Device Assembly and Packaging, Global Supply Chain and Engineering · Eli Lilly and Company
Vice President, IT, Device Assembly and Packaging, Global Supply Chain and Engineering at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2024. Former Associate Vice President, IT Business & Workforce Services (2018–2024) and Associate Vice President IT, Elanco-Novartis Integration (2014–2017). The profile describes 29+ years of enterprise IT leadership, including nearly 15 years implementing, supporting and upgrading SAP platforms in the pharma and automotive industry.
Narinder Seth
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Eli Lilly and Company
Vice President Information Technology at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2025. Former Associate Vice President Information Technology (2024–2025), Associate VP - Information and Digital Solutions (2018–2024) and IT Director South Asia, Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Russia, Israel & CIS (2015–2018). The profile describes steering teams at the Lilly Capability Centre toward e-business solutions.
Pankaj Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President, Information Technology Lilly USA · Eli Lilly and Company
Associate Vice President, Information Technology Lilly USA at Eli Lilly and Company since June 2022. The profile also lists former Eli Lilly and Company roles as Senior Director Information Technology - Global Digital Engagement (2022), Director IT - Global Marketing Technologies (2018–2022) and IT Director, Emerging Markets (2014–2022).
Rajat Arora
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director IT India · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director IT India at Eli Lilly and Company since July 2025, a role the source tags at Director level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Director IT India, SASSA and SAMETA Global Services (2022–2025) and former Head IT Operations, Portfolio and Governance (2019–2022) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Rubén Damieta
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director IT and Digital - Kinsale · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr. Director IT and Digital - Kinsale at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2026, described in the profile as the IT and Digital Transformation lead. Former Sr. Director, IT and Automation Puerto Rico (2023–2026), described as the IT, automation and digital lead, and former Associate Director, Biotech Process Automation (2022–2023) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Summer Houchens
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Information Technology · Eli Lilly and Company
Vice President, Information Technology at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2023, a role the source lists in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Associate Vice President, Enterprise Platforms (2022–2023), Senior Director, Enterprise Platforms (2020–2022) and Senior Director, Information Security Architecture and Engineering (2018–2020) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Trish Myers
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Lilly USA IT · Eli Lilly and Company
Former Sr. Director Lilly USA IT at Eli Lilly and Company (2013–2022) and former IT Director US Biomedicines (2010–2013). Associate Vice President at Eli Lilly and Company since March 2022; the profile headline places this role in Lilly USA IT, and the profile lists responsibility for global platforms, data and consumer marketing IT strategy.
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- 01How do you split IT ownership between global platform teams and the business areas they serve, such as manufacturing or commercial?
- 02What does it take to run a single global ERP or manufacturing execution system across many sites in a regulated industry?
- 03How should an IT organization build and use capability centers in other countries alongside headquarters teams?
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