Karl Konrad

About Karl Konrad

Joyful, Collaborative Technology Leader Focused on People and ProcessExcellent customer service and interpersonal skillsServant leadership style using coaching and mentoring to support staffProven track record of leading teams through challenging problemsKEY SKILLS• Set Direction and Inspire: Excellent listening leader, finding and utilizing common objectives. Able to prioritize and pragmatically find solutions to problems, while building trust and bringing people through change.• Work Across Boundaries: Able to bring multiple disparate business units together for a common, single approach for implementing solutions. Collaborative leader who focuses on common points rather than differences, yet eager to explore alternate options. • Create Positive Energy: Joyful, positive and encouraging leader, personally involved in building a culture of feedback and warmth. Very aware of the shadow a leader casts, and the increased productivity and dedication that results from strong relationships.• Develop Capability and Talent: Keen ability to identify and develop talented individuals, either through hiring practices or building from within. Strong record of developing staff into managers, low performers into strong contributors by matching their skills with tasks, and broadening skills through forced movement within and across departments.• Drive Performance: Able to utilize multiple communication styles, understand and remove obstacles, ensuring that individuals are empowered to solve problems. Effective at helping others get to the root cause to solve the right problems for business needs.• Live my Values: Responsibly communicate bad news in a respectful and timely fashion. Treat all individuals and all situations with respect, empathy and understanding in order to evoke positive changes in attitude and perspective.

Experience

1. Statistical Programming Strategy Lead

   Merck

   Jun 2025 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Leads, coordinates, and oversees critical strategic and operational initiatives and project teams for the department affecting change on a broad scale· Implementation of Domino for the future Analysis Reporting Platform, including GIT and multi-lingual strategy· Actively contributes to the transformation of the organization as new technologies and processes are adopted within the organization· Supports projects through interaction with functional leaders internal and external to biostatistics, corporate partners, and consultants· Active in relevant industry initiatives including CDISC and PHUSE to influence strategies and to inform and advise internal decision making

Education

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Research and Experimental Psychology

  1984 — 1987

• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science

  1983 — 1984

• Arizona State University

  MS, Experimental Psychology

  1987 — 1990

• Arizona State University

  Graduate work toward Master of Science (MS), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

  1990 — 1991

Skills

• Collaborative Environment
• CRO
• Sas
• Oracle Sql Developer
• CRO Management
• Clinical Trial Management System (Ctms)
• Servant Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Change Management
• Ctms
• Good Clinical Practice (Gcp)
• Data Management
• Clinical Trials
• Management
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Business Acumen
• Business Analysis
• Work Life Balance
• Budget Management
• Computer System Validation
• Business Strategy
• Oracle Database
• Resiliency
• Case Report Forms
• Database Design
• Gcp
• Asp.net
• User Interface Design
• Cdisc Standards
• Software Validation
• Clinical Development
• Business Coaching
• Business Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Client Relationships Strengthening
• Business Decision Making
• Cdisc
• State Government
• People Management
• Clinical Data Management