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-Pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences professional with 20 years expertise on both client side in sales and clinical trials management and agency side with expertise in strategic support, thought leader engagement, launch strategy, speaker training, competitive analysis, physician promotional campaigns and cross-functional collaboration.
-Well versed in multiple disease states including oncology, hematology, GI, HCV, hepatology, urology, neurology, asthma, pulmonology, and primary care
-Experience in a variety of delivery markets: academic, community, hospital and research institutions
Specialties: Pharmaceuticals- Medical communications agency
Clinical Trials Coordinator- Designing, implement, manage, phase III, IV
Business Development- Client relations, new customer acquisition
Sales and Marketing- Strategic and brand planning, life cycle management 
O’Brien is a founding Partner with Valor Ventures. She is the former CFO and Director of Ops for the Dental System Group, a $500 million dollar division of Carestream Health which serves businesses in 130 countries and employs 1500 people. With revenues of more than $2.5 billion, Carestream is a leading provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions. The company was formed in 2007 when Onex Corporation purchased Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group.
O’Brien has a proven track record of success in managing company P&L, tracking company performance and adjusting corporate strategies. She has collaborated in numerous transformation programs, participating in their design, development, management, and execution. She is known for consistently maintaining a high degree of shareholder confidence and retention by driving revenue and delivering results with directed focus on ROI.
O’Brien began her career in 1995 with GE where she was rapidly promoted to positions in Six Sigma Quality, Merger and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance. She is a graduate of GE’s premier training program in Financial Management. O’Brien holds a BSBA in Finance from UF. She earned her MBA from Emory in 2003.
A leader in her community, O’Brien is the founder of The Executive Women of Goizueta, and served on the Goizueta Alumni Board for 9 years. She serves on Crime Stoppers, and she serves the Association of Corporate Growth Board. She is a graduate of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2009. In 2008, she was named to the Board of Director’s Executive Leadership Honor Roll. Most notably, she is the recipient of Goizueta Business School’s 2006 Alumni of the Year Award and was profiled by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as an Up and Comer, one of Atlanta’s most promising younger leaders under 40.
