Visionaries in IT: Jazz Tobaccowalla

Jazz Tobaccowalla, Vice President of Research & Development Information Services, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals spoke at UMBC's Visionaries in IT series on October 7, 2008.

In his role Jazz is driving the R&D information technology strategy to meet the goals of Wyeths global R&D productivity model and the aggressive plans for regulatory filings and approvals. He is also accountable to integrate the R&D systems strategy with Supply Chain and Commercial Systems to bring significant improvements in productivity and enhance compliance. In addition, he has responsibilities for the Document Management Center of Excellence, the Wyeth Web Development Center and the Business Process Management and Application Integration group.

Prior to this he held the position of Vice President, International Information Services and Global Systems, where he directed the information technology program for Wyeth affiliates in Europe, Mid-East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Canada and was also responsible for three Centers of Excellence for Business Intelligence, Global Document Management Systems and the Web Development Center.

Previously, he led the e-Business technology group at Wyeth and served as the program lead for a Pan-European ERP system implementation.

He holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Stern School of Business, New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Ramapo College, New Jersey.

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