REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO & WHERE: Media and industry analysts are invited to hear John McGrory, president and chief executive officer of Edge Dynamics, a leading provider of enterprise software for commerce optimization, speak at this year’s Pharmaceutical Technology Congress. The conference, which focuses on helping companies understand how to implement bottom-line strategies that align innovation and business process excellence with information technology (IT), takes place March 14-16, 2005 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia.
WHAT & WHEN: McGrory will offer his insights during two general sessions and one breakout session on the second day of the conference:
* During the Global Pharmaceutical Perspective session, McGrory will be discussing tools and techniques for improving strategies and management around new technology deployments. McGrory will take a look at how companies can:
* Ensure business ownership for IT decisions; * Develop, implement, and maintain IT strategy in line with business strategy; * Develop a budget and decision framework / process; * Develop an implementation roadmap; * Manage and prioritize a balanced IT portfolio to serve the business; * Focus on value-added process and cost-efficient infrastructure; * Integrate platform and technological tools to implement and improve business strategy.
This general session presentation will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2005.
* On the Metrics panel, McGrory will join fellow panelists from Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories, and TCS America for a discussion on measuring tangible returns of your IT investment. The panel will answer the key question, “Should we still use the same KPIs or does the industry want quantitative metrics?” This panel discussion will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15.
* Finally, McGrory will discuss “The Six Keys to Profitable Channel Relationships” during a breakout session at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15. With the pharmaceutical supply chain under more pressure than ever before, this session will provide practical insights into how members of the pharmaceutical supply chain can manage key relationships to positively impact the profitability of all parties. McGrory will discuss initiatives such as evolving fee-for-service agreements that have been touted as one potential solution to many channel problems.
Biography for John McGrory, President and CEO, Edge Dynamics
McGrory has served as president and chief executive officer since co- founding Edge Dynamics. Previously, McGrory was president and chief executive officer at RedKlay, an enterprise software and services firm delivering E- Business applications to manufacturing companies. (Fullscope acquired RedKlay in early 2002.) Prior to RedKlay, McGrory was president, chief executive officer, and founder at Applicast, an application service provider delivering comprehensive enterprise application outsourcing to manufacturing companies. (Agilera acquired Applicast in late 2000, combining to form one of the largest privately held ASPs at the time.) Prior to Applicast, McGrory was a consultant to several technology firms, including Oracle and Excite, and held positions in engineering, engineering management and business development at General Magic and Hewlett-Packard. McGrory also was a lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
About Edge Dynamics
Edge Dynamics provides enterprise software for commerce optimization, enabling pharmaceutical manufacturers to maximize their financial performance and enforce operations compliance. Edge brings unprecedented intelligence, automation, and agility to commercial order stream processing, enabling manufacturers to increase revenue, improve financial predictability, and achieve channel integrity. Edge products and services combine innovative technology and deep domain expertise in solutions that optimize sales, distribution, and supply chain operations while complementing traditional transaction management and analytic systems. Deployed at leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, Edge products are currently optimizing more than $30 billion in annual revenue streams. Edge Dynamics has offices in Redwood City, California, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.edgedynamics.com/, send email to info@edgedynamics.com, or call 650-780- 7800.
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