Xin Huang
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SUMMARY PhD in Biomedical Engineering; McKinsey consultant with extensive experience in various industries; Strategic thinker with
outstanding problem solving and analytical skills; Team player with strong leadership, interpersonal, and client management skills
EXPERIENCE
MCKINSEY & COMPANY New York, NY (Jan. 2008 – Present)
Consultant
Consumer Goods / Retail Industries
Growth and M&A Strategies: Developed Asia-Pac inorganic growth strategies for the OTC business unit of a global pharmaceutical company
to increase its current revenue from $900 million to $3 billion within 5 years; discovered $6 billion new market opportunity in China, South
Korea and Australia; identified potential acquisition targets with product / pipeline portfolio and channel resources in above countries
Channel Strategies: Developed channel strategies to increase client’s revenue from $700 million to $1.4 billion within 5 years
Operations: Led a 20 member client team and developed strategies to shorten client’s new product introduction time by 25%
Healthcare Industry
Marketing and Sales Strategy: Evaluated sales force performance of a business unit with $6 billion annual revenue for a leading pharmaceutical
company; demonstrated $25+ million additional sales revenue opportunities for two drugs in one state
Market Access Strategy: Projected evolvement of US diabetes medicine market access in the next 5 to 10 years; developed diabetes market
access strategies that led to a study for a $60 billion pharmaceutical client
R&D Strategy: Developed phase III clinical strategy for a pain medicine with multi-billion USD sales potential for a $100 billion pharmaceutical
company; evaluated clinical risk, regulatory environment, and competitive landscape, with payers’ and providers’ perspectives incorporated
Globalization Strategy: Evaluated the global clinical research and development footprint and operation models for a $60 billion pharmaceutical
company; proposed restructuring recommendations to enhance its organizational efficiency and effectiveness
Post Merger Management: Led a 10-member client team from two major pharmaceutical companies and successfully managed their division’s
merger activities
Operations: Led a 10+ member client team and identified $100+ million medical saving opportunities for a regional payer; analyzed medical
costs in 5 divisions and functions; developed 3-year execution plans
High-tech Industry
Globalization Strategy: Researched Chinese high-tech companies’ globalization path; developed documents for preliminary globalization
strategy discussion with CEOs from two leading Chinese high-tech companies with annual revenues of $18 billion and $3 billion in 2008
AFFINITY INCORPORATED Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC (2003 – 2004)
Patent Developer and Technology Consultant
Developed a patent for selecting and designing peptides to modify biological and polymeric surfaces. The patent increased the peptide selection
efficiency by 20 times
Consulted for Affinergy Inc., a medical device start-up company founded to bring the above patent to the market. Affinergy was awarded “2005
Innovation of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan, a global market research and consulting firm, and formed research collaborations with DuPont,
Boston Scientific, and Synthes
DUKE UNIVERSITY STARTUP CHALLENGE, DUKE UNIVERSITY Durham, NC (2004)
Winning Team Leader
Led a team of 4 students from different schools to develop a business plan for Humacyte Inc, a medical device start-up company. Wrote and
presented project summary report to judges from Duke Hospital, leading global medical device companies, and venture capital firms. Won 1st
place in Health Sector, and “Best Healthcare/Biotech Award”
EDUCATION
DUKE UNIVERSITY, PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Durham, NC (2001 – 2008)
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, 2008.
Research: Focused on modifying polymeric biological surfaces to enhance endothelial cell adhesion for engineering artificial human coronary
blood vessels.
Leadership experience: Elected Standing Committee Member of Duke University Board of Trustees; elected committee member of Young
Trustee Selection Committee; Vice President of Chinese Students and Scholars Association
PEKING UNIVERSITY Beijing, China (1997 – 2001)
B.S. in Chemistry, 2001. Elected Chairperson of Student Union in School of Biology and Molecular Engineering
Interests: Traveling, golf, horse riding, public speaking; Languages: Native Mandarin speaker, fluent in English
PERSONAL