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34-year Life Sciences expert executive with significant operational and international experience in managing start-ups, turn-arounds, mature operations, alliances & partnerships. Have operated in country, region & HQs for American and European companies. Geography responsibilities include Canada, Latin America and some emerging countries in Asia and Africa, with P&L responsibility and revenues of >$750 M USD and a team of 1,500+. Industry Segments (manufacturing and commercialization) cover biotech, specialty care, rare diseases, vaccines, primary care, generics / biosimilars & OTC. Broad experience and successes including breaking into new markets (directly and through strategic alliances), especially emerging markets, general management, business development, gov't affairs, market access, public policy, leadership development, marketing and sales oversight and strategic alliances. My career efforts equal those most essential for consistent growth and success : • Excellence at recognizing unexploited markets and business ventures in country, region and globally. • Proficiency in developing lucrative partnerships and forming global / regional strategic alliances with a wide range of key stakeholders and constituencies. • Strong track-record of bottom-line responsibility for product launch, pricing, marketing and promotional programs, market access, go-to-market strategies, life cycle management, etc. • Building the best diverse and empowered teams by recruiting and retaining high performing individuals and developing successors for key positions. • A career-long history of consistently delivering results while charting the course, growing productivity, developing the best teams, and influencing the environment to build stake holder trust. Beyond the business realm, I have proven governance capabilities on the boards of profit & non-profit orgs. I am a bicultural (US-Mexico), fully bilingual (English Spanish) pharma executive, that has lived abroad, thus embracing & encouraging diversity all my life, aiming to ignite innovation and creativity which have become my competitive advantage. Integrity, discipline, drive, boldness, and tenacity define me. My devoted business insight and comprehensive knowledge of increasing responsibilities and operations while leading strategic activities have allowed me to create a positive effect on the bottom line.