Cindy Kephart
Principal Consultant for Strategic Acquisitions, Integration & Transformation | Program & Portfolio Management
- Role
- Principal Consultant at Ckephart Consulting
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cindy Kephart
Senior level people, project, portfolio and integration leader with a global track record of proven results. Comfortable working in a matrix environment at all levels including the C-suite to drive business critical programs, acquisitions, integrations, and develop internal/external business relationships. Skilled at facilitating project initiation & planning, strategic planning, road mapping, and operational reviews.
Experience
Principal Consultant
Jan 2017 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Passionate about helping organizations significantly improve their time-to-market and achieve business objectives through:Integration & Transformation: Lead the aquisition/integration or separation/divestiture of technologies, capabilities, and businesses, located both inside and outside the US. Lead/assist in due diligence, contract development & negotiations, post-acquisition integration & transformation efforts. Utilize value-driven integration scorecards, tested playbook and thoughtful change management. Acting as \"Chief of Staff\"; offering tools, techniques, and reusable frameworks to assure assets are deployed effectively & business targets are achieved. Advocating for practical project/portfolio management and offering strategic planning leadership to assure the right people are working on the right things, and progress is being tracked and measured. Taking a flexible \"buy/build/partner\" approach toward product and process development; leverage strengths while creatively addressing technology/skills/resource gap through acquisition, outsourcing, and collaborative co-development.Business development & alliance management for collaborations, industry leading co-development partners, vendors, and contract development/manufacturing (CDMO/CMO).
Education
University of Iowa
BA, Economics
Texas McCombs School of Business
MBA
Skills
- Project Management
- Immunization
- Leadership
- Product Management
- Life Sciences
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Program Management
- Research
- Viral Hepatitis
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Integration
- Process Improvement
- Management
- Biotechnology
- Strategic Planning
- Microsoft Word
- Commercialization
- Customer Service
- Pharmacy
- Microsoft Office
- Project Planning
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Product Development
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