New York, 15 November 2011 — Ernst & Young LLP announced today that Kim Ramko, former Global Life Sciences Solutions Managing Director for the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), has been named as Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader for Advisory Services. In this role, Ms. Ramko will oversee and coordinate business relationships and delivery of services for Ernst & Young LLP’s advisory life sciences clients. Her team will be focused on providing services to help clients manage risk, transform business performance and sustain improvement across the life sciences value chain.
A recognized leader in service development and the management of complex information technology projects for the health care industry, Ms. Ramko has more than 20 years of experience across the spectrum of the health care ecosystem, including the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech industries, as well as the payor space.
Ms. Ramko was responsible for global client accounts, solution development and acquisition planning as well as management of the practice at CSC. Prior to that position, Ms. Ramko was a partner at Unisys and a managing director with BearingPoint (KPMG Consulting). Ms. Ramko held dual roles at Unisys as the partner responsible for the company’s Global Business Intelligence practice and as lead for two major global health care accounts. While at BearingPoint, Ms. Ramko was the Life Sciences CRM lead managing director.
“We are very pleased to welcome Kim to Ernst & Young and are excited at the wealth of skills and experience she will be able to offer our clients,” said David Womelsdorf, Global Client Service Partner in the Life Sciences practice of Ernst & Young LLP. “Kim will play a pivotal role in enabling our account teams to help our clients meet the challenges that lie ahead.”
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