
Vice President, Marketing, Cambridge Healthtech Associates
Greater Boston Area

Vice President, Marketing, Cambridge Healthtech Associates
Greater Boston Area
I am VP, Marketing at an innovative consulting firm that serves the life sciences industry (www.chacorporate.com). My focus is on practical lead generation through relationship building. I have developed numerous strategic marketing plans and executed hundreds of successful, revenue generating marketing programs that support those plans including the launch of a B2B community, organization of hundreds of webinars and live events, and production of numerous thought-leadership papers.
I am also part of the Marketing Studio webinar series: "Lead Generation Tactics for Small Business" and assist small businesses in the execution of lead generation programs.
http://www.marketingstudio.net
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Lead generation, execution, marketing strategy and communications, marketing and sales operations, project management, translating and articulating business objectives into results-driven marketing strategies, plans and deliverables, 14+ years experience B2B marketing and selling with a focus on the life sciences industry.
(Biotechnology industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
A leading online B2B social networking community, made up of R&D leaders representing most biopharmaceutical companies in the world.
- Co-founder of a membership and online community for pharmaceutical drug safety leaders (www.drugsafetycouncil.org)
- Manage relationship with advisory board, made up of eleven global heads of drug safety who help drive programming, content and validate product/service offerings (represent Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer Schering, Biogen, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, Roche, sanofi-aventis and Schering-Plough)
- Produce and manage annual member meeting
- Orchestrate the design and development of web site
- Manage communications including email, database, website content, and promotional letters, catapulting membership to over 1,400 managers and scientists in less than twelve months
- Accelerate business development efforts that add both revenue and programming into membership
(Management Consulting industry)
July 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)
- Accomplished marketing professional with strong business acumen and a deep expertise in strategy and communications (14+ years experience)
- Lead marketing initiatives that increase revenues, expand market share and improve corporate brand .
Recent accomplishments include:
- Pioneering a new marketing and communications strategy that was able to foster brand awareness, increase the number of leads by 300%, and garner a 50% YOY increase in sales.
- Reducing the sales cycle by 33% by pioneering a new, relationship marketing methodology that ultimately led to my organization forming formal relationships with Genzyme, Roche, Eli Lilly, Boheringer-Ingelheim, Schering-Plough and many more.
- Founding the Drug Safety Executive Council in 2007, a membership of pharmaceutical leaders and scientists, with currently over 1,100 members, and growing every day.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)
June 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 4 months)
Eric was Director at CHI from 2002-2004, where he served on the senior management team and launched the Pharmaceutical Strategy Series. Before joining CHI Eric spent four years at innovative start-up organizations including two and one-half years at Physicians Online (POL) where he consulted major pharmaceutical companies on their online, ethical marketing programs. Clients included Wyeth-Ayerst (now Wyeth), Schering-Plough, Zeneca (now AstraZeneca) and Carter-Wallace (now MedPointe). Eric began his career as a conference producer and manager at International Business Communications (IBC) from 1994-1997.
(Pharmaceuticals industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
MBA , Health Care , September 1993 — June 1994
Special accelerated MBA program. Graduated in 5 years with both a BA and MBA.
BA/MBA , 1989 — 1994