Information technology professionals in Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing and supply chain IT run through half of these pharmaceutical titles, from manufacturing systems at Teva and operations IT at AstraZeneca to device assembly and packaging IT at Eli Lilly and SAP S/4 at Johnson & Johnson. Above them sit GSK's Chief Digital and Technology Officer and Boehringer Ingelheim USA's CIO. Pharma companies replacing lab or manufacturing execution systems, moving to S/4HANA or building IT for a first launch have people here to ask.
Professionals to explore
Anju Gera
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Global IT Operations GBS · Novo Nordisk
Anju Gera was Head of Global IT Operations GBS at Novo Nordisk (2021–2025) and People Manager there (2015–2021), and holds a Director title at Eli Lilly and Company since 2025. Anju names GxP compliance and global IT applications as focus areas and held senior consultant titles at Capgemini and Business & Decision. Anju fits questions on compliant IT operations in pharma.
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Anup Samantaray
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Operations IT · AstraZeneca
Anup Samantaray is Senior Director, Operations IT at AstraZeneca since 2022 and was IT Program Director Delivery Lead, Operations IT there (2012–2022). Anup was Senior IT Lead, Development Sciences (R&D) at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (2009–2012) and Business Analyst - Enterprise Applications at Amgen (2005–2006). Anup fits questions on operations IT programs at a drug maker.
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Arash Shahideh
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Arash Shahideh is Vice President Information Technology at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine since 2024 and holds Innovative Medicine SAP S4 Transformation Leader at Johnson & Johnson from 2021. Earlier J&J titles are Supply Chain Program Director (2012–2016), Head of Technology, Supply Chain Product Supply (2016–2018) and Head of Technology, Global Planning (2018–2020). Arash fits questions on SAP S/4 and supply chain planning technology.
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Ed Schipp
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President IT · Sagent Pharmaceuticals
Ed Schipp was Vice President IT at Sagent Pharmaceuticals (2014–2024) and has been retired since 2024. Ed held IT Director, Business Information Manager, Mylan Institutional Mylan Specialty at Mylan Belgium (2011–2013) and IT Relationship Manager at Hospira (2006–2009), and describes setting application investment strategy and managing IT service delivery in an ITIL environment. Ed fits questions on IT at a pharmaceutical company.
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Jeff Hill
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Digital and Information Technology · Verona Pharma
Jeff Hill is Vice President, Digital and Information Technology at Verona Pharma since 2022. Jeff was Regional Vice President, Americas (2020–2022) and Senior Director, Digital Strategy & Commercial Operations (2018–2020) at NIOX® and Head of Commercial Technology at Cempra Pharmaceuticals (2016–2017). Jeff names pre-commercial to launch IT and M&A IT diligence and integration, a fit for questions on IT ahead of a first launch.
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Jody Roudebush
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, IT, Device Assembly and Packaging, Global Supply Chain and Engineering · Eli Lilly and Company
Jody Roudebush is Vice President, IT, Device Assembly and Packaging, Global Supply Chain and Engineering at Eli Lilly and Company since 2024. Earlier Lilly titles include Associate Vice President IT, Elanco-Novartis Integration (2014–2017) and Associate Vice President, IT Business & Workforce Services (2018–2024). Jody describes nearly 15 years implementing and upgrading SAP platforms, a fit for questions on MES and supply chain IT.
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Kevin Guske
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director IT, Manufacturing Systems · Teva Pharmaceuticals
Kevin Guske holds the title Sr. Director IT, Manufacturing Systems at Teva Pharmaceuticals, dated from 2007, and was Chief Technical Advisor at Ciptor | Infrastructure & Identity (2020–2022). Kevin names application portfolio management, enterprise architecture and software evaluation and selection among the areas covered. Kevin fits questions on selecting and supporting manufacturing systems at Teva.
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Kiran Pavuluri
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Product Development MS&T IT · Bristol Myers Squibb
Kiran Pavuluri's Bristol Myers Squibb titles include Lead Digital Capability Management, Product Development & Enterprise Lab Systems (2016–2018), IT Associate Director, Product Development Systems (2018–2020), two product development director titles (2020–2022 and 2022–2024) and Senior Director - Product Development MS&T IT since 2024. Kiran describes 20+ years with enterprise lab systems such as electronic lab notebooks, a fit for lab systems questions.
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Rajeev Sukumaran
LinkedInExperience: VP, Head of IT CIO · Boehringer Ingelheim USA
Rajeev Sukumaran is VP, Head of IT CIO at Boehringer Ingelheim USA since 2023 and describes responsibility for technology strategy, delivery and operations for a U.S. life sciences business of about $10B. Earlier Boehringer Ingelheim titles include Executive Director, Office of the CIO, IT Strategy (2012–2015) and Executive Director, IT Legal & Compliance (2015–2017). Rajeev fits questions on the country CIO role in pharma.
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Shobie Ramakrishnan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital and Technology Officer · GSK
Shobie Ramakrishnan has been Chief Digital and Technology Officer at GSK since 2021 and was Senior Vice President, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Pharma Commercial there (2018–2021). Shobie is a board member at Deliveroo since 2024 and served on the Remediant board (2015–2022) and the Pistoia Alliance advisory board (2015–2022). Shobie fits questions on digital and technology strategy at a pharmaceutical company.
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Choose the right perspective
Kevin Guske, Jody Roudebush and Anup Samantaray are the picks for manufacturing and operations systems, and Kiran Pavuluri for lab systems in product development. Arash Shahideh fits SAP S/4 and supply chain planning, Anju Gera GxP-compliant IT operations, Jeff Hill IT for a company moving to launch, and Shobie Ramakrishnan or Rajeev Sukumaran enterprise-wide technology strategy.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you validate a change to a manufacturing execution or lab system without slowing batch release?
- 02What IT has to be in place before a pharmaceutical company's first product launch?
- 03How do you run an SAP S/4 migration across manufacturing sites that each have their own validated processes?
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