Bill Yates

Vice President Information Technology

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Contact Information

Last Update
Jul 11, 2022
Email
ya**@gmail.com, by**@relypsa.com, bi**@medivation.com
Location
San Francisco, CA
Company

Workplace

Medivation
Vice President IT

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Work History

Vice President IT

from Apr 2013

Executive Director, IT

Palo Alto, CA
• Responsible for a department of 22 IT professionals supporting 450 local and remote employees/contractors • Responsible for managing Network Operations, Help Desk and Support, Business Ana...
Sep 2012 — Apr 2013

Vice-President, IT

Cambridge, MA
• Leading the IT implementation to support the Commercial launch of the company’s 1st product in Europe/NA. • Core Team Leader for cross functional 3PL/Order to Cash team in Europe and North...
Feb 2010 — Sep 2012

Vice President, IT, HR and Facilities

Brisbane, California
• Achieved increased year over year sales of 900% and 136% by leveraging IT as a strategic investment to drive business value by delivering a CRM using the agile development. • Implemented ...
Jul 2003 — Jun 2009

Senior Director, IT

Brisbane, California
• Joined startup as 1st IT employee and built out a 300 node Class C IP/Ethernet network. • Recruited, hired, and developed a team of 11 IT Professionals. • Provided strategic IT direction b...
Jan 2001 — Jun 2003

Head of IT, Corprate HR

Basel Area, Switzerland
• Assumed role while project was in crisis, quickly assessed operating mechanisms and implemented significant changes in operating rhythm, personnel and consulting contract structure. • Repo...
May 2000 — Dec 2000

IT Manager, President's Office

Basel Area, Switzerland
• Maintained a responsive, efficient operational environment for the EIS system, measuring performance against targets • Ensured day-to-day operations within the President and CEO’s Office a...
Jun 1998 — Dec 2000

Executive Information System Project Lead

Basel Area, Switzerland
• Managed and set strategic direction for a $10+ million dollar global project reporting to the CEO and Global Head of Planning and Organization, responsible for a team of 3 business analyst...
Jun 1999 — Jun 2000

Network Manager

Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Managed all Network Operations/Projects including responsibility for a staff of 5 Analysts running a 1000+ node network at 3 facilities including corporate HQ, a GxP OTC/Pharma production pl...
May 1996 — Jun 1998

Senior Network Analyst

Markham, Ontario, Canada
• Managed a team of 6 analysts responsible for servers & desktop support covering three separate facilities. • Responsible for Network Operations including 24hr/7day a week support for a...
May 1996 — Dec 1996

Information Center Analyst

Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Network Supervisor for facility network and managed internal help desk to support 300 users
Sep 1994 — May 1996

Programmer Network Support

4 month contract to design, test and implement a new 40 node Novell Network into existing Hospital infrastructure. • Further responsibilities included client workstation configuration, net...
Jun 1994 — Sep 1994

PC Technician Specialist

Toronto, Canada Area
1 year contract • Responsible for providing help desk support to 130 users in a networked environment. • Wrote helpdesk application in Dbase IV to support helpdesk call tracking • Project...
Jun 1993 — Jul 1994

Occupations

Executive
Vice President
Scientist
Biotechnology Professional
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive
Biologist
Biological Scientist
Corporate Executive

Skills

Vendor Management
Pharmaceutical Industry
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Biotechnology
Management
Process Improvement
Start Ups
Cloud Computing
Project Management
Crm
Leadership
Strategic Planning
Business Analysis
Erp
Disaster Recovery
Saas
Team Leadership
Data Center
Fda
Document Management
Change Management
21 Cfr Part 11
Enterprise Software
Business Process
Information Technology
Life Sciences
Agile Methodologies
Quality Assurance
Biopharmaceuticals
Team Building
Sarbanes Oxley Act
Validation
Itil
Clinical Development
Cro
Voip
Lifesciences
Contract Negotiation
Customer Service
Change Control
Gxp
Customer Relations
Sox
Contract Negotiations
Mentoring
Agile
Lamp
Great Plains Software
Pharmaceuticals
Computer System Validation
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