Management Medical
Resume:
Carol Leighton
***** ******** *******, *** *****, CA 92130
***************@*****.***
Summary
An executive who has successfully developed and managed global healthcare
product lines of up to $100M in three different countries. Highly motivated
pharmacist with proven ability to lead inspired teams that achieve results.
Recognized as an expert in building innovative solutions for clinical
decision support, analytics and clinical/device data management for
providers and consumers.
. Experience in a combination of clinical and business leadership roles,
global strategic planning, quality/process improvement and new to market
innovation.
. Proven record in all aspects of marketing and building new business,
products and services including;
o Upstream; development of business cases, new business development,
product management, successfully delivering multi-generational
product plans
o Downstream; sales and marketing, pricing and positioning.
Professional Experience
CAREFUSION, San Diego, CA 2007- current
Vice President, Marketing and Product Management
. Effectively defined the data strategy for all CareFusion medical devices
including Pyxis MedStations and Alaris Smart Pumps.
. Created the business plan and acquired internal funding for a new suite
of solutions based on device data. Produced all the associated multi-
generational product plans and strategic marketing plans, including
collating market research, pricing, positioning and setting strategic
direction for the new offerings.
. Designed a new to market, rapidly adopted (400 customers in first year)
suite of Analytics Services around the medical devices as well as Web-
based portals for CareFusion customers to access Key Performance
Indicators and ROI metrics based on device usage, inventory management,
high risk medications, patient risk and core outcomes.
. Built and managed a highly successful team of product managers and
clinical data analysts to architect the back-office data management
infrastructure, build interfaces to pull patient data and medical device
data into a CareFusion data warehouse.
. Developed new business cases for the Pyxis and Alaris business units
around their individual data assets.
Carol Leighton ***************@*****.***
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THOMSON REUTERS, Denver, CO 2006 -
2007
Director, Integrated Solutions Product Management
. Built strategic integration roadmap for Thomson Micromedex within the
Product Management department to ensure products migrate effectively from
electronic to integrated environment without disrupting core business and
revenue stream.
. Developed go to market initiatives, strategic marketing plans, competitor
analysis and market research for the all the integrated product lines of
Micromedex.
. Business development management for HIS vendor partnerships.
. Revised business plans, revenue projections and implemented the
requirements and specifications for new to market integrated data
including patient specific dosing products, patient education, order
sets, InfoButton, APIs and knowledge integration within electronic
medical records.
. Aligned with product management at MercuryMD (acquisition) to design
projects as joint ventures with Micromedex, including medication
reconciliation and pharmacy intervention products.
. Designed specifications of customer driven tools for knowledge
management.
WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH, St Louis, MO/ Auckland, New Zealand 2000-2006
Director Clin-eguide, Product Management & Editorial
. Responsible for the creation of the Clin-eguide product lines (order sets
and evidence-based guidelines for physicians), including pricing,
positioning and setting strategic direction. P&L owner for Clin-eguide
business.
. Developed expertise in health informatics and business development with
HIS vendor relationships including Cerner, Siemens, Allscripts, Epic, and
Eclipsys.
. Worked as part of the leadership team based in Auckland to manage
business development for the New Zealand-based operation.
. Led clinical team (physicians and clinical pharmacists) based in Auckland
and the US through a restructuring program. Redesigned systems and
processes in the editorial and development operation including knowledge
management processes (medical coding and data storage). Worked with
software developers to build and design the content management system.
. Liaised with US-based CMO to ensure good customer relationship management
across a substantial geography and with New Zealand-based IT Director to
ensure delivery of content to support multiple platforms (HTML, XML, MS
Word etc).
Carol Leighton ***************@*****.***
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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, London, UK 1991-
2000
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Worked at three of London's top teaching hospitals: The Royal Free, Guys
& St Thomas' and Greenwich hospitals.
. Managed drug budgets up to 1M and introduced cost savings for immunology
and rheumatology departments through process re-engineering.
. Interpreted published data on new drugs, prepared drug evaluations and
proposed process redesign. Developed evidence-based treatment guidelines
and patient education for disease and medication management.
. Monitored and interpreted reports of drug usage across departments.
Gained consensus on new policies and implemented the agreed policies
aimed at maximising efficacy, safety and medication management.
Qualifications
. MBA, Colorado State University, 2007
. Post Graduate Business Diploma (Business Administration), Auckland
Business School, New Zealand, 2004
. Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree, Kings College, University of London, UK,
1990
Certificates and Professional Development
. Pragmatic Marketing Certified, 2005
. How to Teach Evidence-Based Medicine, McMaster University, Canada, 2002
. Certificate, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
2001
. Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, Pharmacist registration in NZ,
2000
. Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination, USA, 1998
. Certificate, Clinical Practice, University of London, 1995
. Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmacist registration in
UK, 1991
Publications
. HIMSS book of the year 2009: Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with
Clinical Decision Support - Associate Editor
. A review of IV immunoglobulins. Leighton C & Jolles S. Hospital
Pharmacist 1998 5(9) 251-255.
. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis. Jolles S, Sewell WAC & Leighton C. Drug
Safety 2000 22(3) 215-226.
. Drug treatment of scleroderma. Leighton C. Drugs 2001 61(3) 419-27.
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