Chris Pounds

Current

Associate Director, Commercial Analytics at Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Past

Manager at Myriad Pharmaceuticals
Summer Intern at DHL Europe
Manager at ZS Associates

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Education

University of California Berkeley
IESE Business School - University of Navarra
University of Washington

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Chris Pounds’s Summary

Marketing strategy consultant with background in analytical modeling and marketing research in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotech. UC Berkeley MBA, UW Seattle MS Statistics

Chris Pounds’s Experience

Associate Director, Commercial Analytics

Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Public Company; MYRX; Pharmaceuticals industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Manager of analytic support to a growing bio-pharmaceutical company. Responsible for marketing research, forecasting, competitive intelligence, financial modeling, and decision analysis. I support the marketing organization in planning, strategy development, partnering and vendor management. Our pipeline products include a Phase 2 vascular disrupting agent for brain metastases and glioblastoma, and a maturation inhibitor for HIV.
Manager

Myriad Pharmaceuticals

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MYGN; Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Managed forecasts for lead compound in Alzheimer's disease. Developed and directed positioning, messaging, managed care studies. Designed novel Key Opinion Leader research with internal staff and outside vendor to identify 500 regional opinion leaders in Alzheimer's disease for 40% the cost of external proposals.
Summer Intern

DHL Europe

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

Researched and developed industry specific sales plans with Regional Sales Management for Life Science, Chemicals, Consumer Products and B2C industries
•Managed implementation of CRM for Key Account Managers—12 countries, 250 users
Manager

ZS Associates

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

July 1993 — July 2003 (10 years 1 month)

Project Manager responsible for client management and project management with health industry clients.

Engagements included:

•Produced sales demand forecasts for more than 40 diseases as Senior Project Manager in pharmaceutical forecasting practice area
•Created a pricing and demand forecasting model linked to marketing research for a women’s health product
•Analyzed US medical device company’s 4 sales teams for best sales practices. Reported strategic options to company President and CEO
•Directed sales force sizing, partnership analysis, and implemented territory deployment project for a biotechnology firm undergoing integration with a multinational firm
•Managed Sales and Marketing data mart for leading US pharmaceutical company
•Started operations with a new office and developed staff from 5 professionals to 35 over 8 years