Shari Bickford
Principal Consultant @Zifo
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Consultant @Zifo
Cambridge, MA, US
EDUCATION
The Johns Hopkins University
BA, Chemistry
Georgetown University
Graduate certificate, Organization Development Consulting and Change Management Leadership
SKILLS
ABOUT SHARI BICKFORD
I am an experienced drug discovery scientist with more than 19 years working in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. In the past four years I have:Led business and change management on a $1.6M research initiative across the business and with external partner organizations (Sage Therapeutics): Consolidated five software platforms to one to enhance efficacy and reduce licensing costs ($400k/yr) Worked across departments and organizations to ensure the needs and concerns of the more than 85 stakeholders were addressed Led communication strategy to transition users to the new systemDMPK (Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics) lead for a new cross-functional data management system (Biogen): Worked with leadership team and users to generate data governance requirements Implemented assay registry approval workflow and created user training Saved hrs/yr across the 60 person BTMS (Biotherapeutics and Medicinal Sciences) department Improved consistency and comprehensiveness of dataCompleted executive certificate program at Georgetown University in organization development consulting and change leadership Worked with Palm Springs Animal Shelter to identify concerns underlying staff dynamics Recommendations resulted in staffing changes and increased transparency
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