George W Blandon

*** ***** *****, ************, ************ 19426

610-***-**** • acr5kb@r.postjobfree.com

Systems / Software Development

Practical and solutions driven professional. Expertise in Clinical and Preclinical systems development and support, technical project management and business process modeling. Strong diagnostic and facilitation qualifications; proven record of exemplary customer-driven support.

Areas of Expertise

Business Analysis, Process Modeling Optimization

Change Management, Technical Project Management

Business Intelligence (OBI), Systems Integration

Business Units Support

Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs

Biosciences and Biometrics

Pharmacovigilance, Preclinical / Clinical Operations

Technical Proficiencies

Applications:

Clinical Trial Management

Oracle CTMS-Siebel

Bioclinica-CTMS, IVRS

Drug Safety: ArisG, Oracle Argus

LIMS

Data-Analytics:

Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI Analytics)

Data Quality, Data Visualization

Informatica, ETL - Data warehouse

Business Objects, SharePoint

Hadoop, Datameer

Platforms - Architecture:

UNIX-Solaris, Windows, Oracle, SQL Server.

WebSphere Cyclone / Bizconnect

Proxy - Apache, Tomcat.

WebLogic

Scripting / programming languages:

Java, ASP.Net, SQL, PL/SQL

Professional Experience

SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, Wayne, PA 2012 – Present

Senior Application Specialist

Leads application development, design and integration of Clinical Trial Management system (Siebel). Develops and modify Oracle Business Intelligence and Analytics applications, Informatica and Data Warehouse Administration. Technical project management expertise across multiple sites and large to medium scale projects.

Serve as IT System owner and technical lead for enterprise CTMS system by performing all application change management activities related to enhancements and upgrades.

Spearhead efforts to bring clinical data information into focus, foster effective and proactive decision making, and provide real-time visibility to clinical data by implementing harmonization and data visualization activities (Informatica, Hadoop, OBI Analytics)

Ensure all application deployments are tested and released for production in a timely manner through change management control – 1 quarterly release of 10 change controls on average, providing leadership to application development resources and managing resource priorities and cross-training activities.

Perform unit testing qualification code reviews of all CRO data feed integrations, OBI, data warehouse ETL, SAP integrations and Informatica data quality customizations, ensuring all work performed was properly reviewed to meet design standards.

Complete ETL metadata and OBIEE repositories administration and rationale for data loads, including timelines and accuracy.

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Perform Informatica administration, including migrating repository catalog objects, installations and user access management, ensuring platform stability which translates into cost savings.

Lead application integration activities for corporate acquisitions, resulting in current integration and decommissioning of 17 clinical applications.

Foster client relationship and communication as business liaison for Clinical operations, Medical Affairs, Biosciences and Biometrics functional business units.

Administer process modeling and business analysis to identify user requirements and incorporate functional specifications into application design

Author full-cycle system validation documentation; release notes documentation, change control management, unit testing qualification, functional requirements to technical specifications and internal system documentation, ensuring all application design and customizations are documented according to best practices.

BIOCLINICA, Audubon, PA 2011 – 2012

Program Manager

Spearheaded deployment and configuration of Cloud-based Clinical Trial Management software for clinical trials, site monitoring and subject management. Worked closely with clients through process of requirements gathering, configuration and deployment of custom product software.

Propelled clients’ business needs through architectural and application deployment assessments and software compatibility and requirements recommendations. Performed clinical data integrations across EDC, IVR and Clinical Trial platforms.

Led efforts in integration requirements gathering and system design specification. Authored custom documentation for multiple clients such as use cases, gap analysis, implementation recommendation, system architecture and design.

Performed project management activities from kick-off to implementation. Monitored and tracked 6-month project timeline with average $500K budget.

Prototyped SharePoint complex reporting metrics and portals, customs list and views, allowing clients to automate existing Excel-based manual processes to fully automated solutions. Executed data migration activities from third-party vendors by leveraging Microsoft and Oracle platforms.

ARISGLOBAL LLC, Stamford, CT 2007 – 2011

Senior Systems Implementation Consultant

Performed deployment and configuration of product registration and drug safety surveillance applications to life sciences and health care clients. Executed design, configuration and deployment of custom product software.

Served as technical lead for design and deployment of Drug Safety system enterprise application across US, UK and Japan. Participated in system integration initiatives and performed data migration activities for 350K adverse events cases. Performed multiple architectural technical assessments and prepared software compatibility certification.

Performed multiple Drug Safety application installations of Oracle and Java components in UNIX and Windows platforms, configured clustered application server components – WebLogic, WebSphere and Oracle. Configured application load, balancing Proxy components such as Apache and Tomcat for clustered environment.

Designed product registration custom Oracle database, created new PLSQL procedures, functions and triggers, and performed data migration activities for 600 products and corresponding variations. Completed installation configuration and integration of statistical applications (agSignals and Business Objects).

Completed design and deployment of new electronic adverse event data transfer (E2B / EDI) across BizConnect and Cyclone gateways between Drug Company and reporting authorities such as FDA and EMEA.

Completed the design and deployment of new electronic adverse event data transfer (E2B/EDI) across BizConnect and Cyclone gateways between Drug Company and reporting authorities such as FDA and EMEA.

Performed multiple architectural technical assessments and prepared software compatibility certification with third party applications such as Oracle database, Solaris, BEA WebLogic, WebSphere, Oracle AS and Cyclone/Bizconnect gateways.

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WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS (PFIZER), Collegeville, PA 1998 – 2007

Senior IT Engineer

Executed application development and design projects for document content management (Documentum).

Spearheaded design and deployment of Documentum middle tier by using DFC layer (vendor proprietary libraries) and customizing new components in Java, Doc Basic and DQL.

Designed and deployed WebTop customizations, WDK components, forms controls, behavior class, customized JSP pages to change property controls and search controls, query results as XML using XDQL.

Benchmarked and prototyped new complex system customizations and business processes according to new GMP methodologies. Most recently developed and deployed Publication Approval application written in C#.Net, ASP.Net

Championed development of system interface prototypes for Scenario Analysis, Alliance Management, and Senior Management Portals and Multilevel Planning functionality. This is a highly customized application written in Java, Lisp, Object Oriented configuration libraries.

Propelled numerous inter-company system integrations with SAP, Lotus Notes, Clinical Trials, SharePoint, e-Room and Drug Safety systems; launched front-end interfaces for Documentum.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Information Systems, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

Master of Science (MS), Computer Information Systems, University of Phoenix, King of Prussia, PA

Professional Development

Hadoop Cloudera design concepts – Hadoop and Cognitive Analytics for Big Data, 2015

Informatica Data Quality 9.x: Developer – Informatica University, 2015

Oracle BI Applications 11g: Implementation using ODI Ed 1 LVC, 2015

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