FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE. ENTERPRISE PERSPECTIVE.

Problems don’t respect silos, swimlanes, or workstreams.

Neither should solutions.

Organizations divide responsibility. Real challenges cross boundaries. I bring firsthand leadership experience across science, law, technology, and business operations to understand the connections—and turn complexity into coordinated action.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP · ENTERPRISE STRATEGY · TRANSFORMATION

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Scientific depth. Business judgment. Legal expertise. AI fluency.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Four degrees

BA · MS, Molecular Biology · MBA · JD

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Regulatory affairs & AI

MS, Bioscience Regulatory Affairs · AI in Healthcare Certificate

UT McCOMBS

Applied AI & machine learning

AI & Machine Learning Business Applications Program

PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS

Attorney & patent attorney

California · District of Columbia · Massachusetts · New York · Texas · USPTO-registered patent attorney

01 / SELECTED WORK

The work behind the perspective.

The most consequential challenges rarely arrive neatly packaged within a single function. These examples show how cross-functional experience can change the way an organization identifies problems, makes decisions, and creates value.

01 · ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION

When the organization becomes the obstacle

At a global pharmaceutical company, led a division established to address operational problems arising at the interfaces between the parent organization and acquired subsidiaries.

02 · SCIENCE, DATA & TECHNOLOGY

Making research data more useful

Led Research IT initiatives, FAIR data enablement, and investment in and implementation of scientific software to support research.

03 · OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Finding value across functional boundaries

Identified operational friction, connected decision-makers, and aligned functions around practical solutions and business results.

04 · HEALTHCARE BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Taking ownership beyond the legal function

Assumed leadership of reimbursement and billing operations at a diagnostics company, translating cross-functional accountability into improved business performance.

02 / CAPABILITIES

Depth across functions. Perspective across the enterprise.

Enterprise strategyLife sciences & healthcareTechnology, data & AILegal & intellectual propertyOperational leadershipTransformation & adoption

03 / BACKGROUND

Built across boundaries.

My career has crossed the traditional boundaries separating science, business, law, technology, and operations. I have held senior legal and operating leadership roles in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics organizations, including direct responsibility for functions well beyond the legal department.

That breadth informs how I approach difficult questions: understand the real problem, follow its effects across the enterprise, and align the right people, capabilities, and decisions around a solution.

I bring cross-functional executive leadership to organizations navigating complex strategic, operational, and technological change.

04 / PERSPECTIVE

“The scope of a solution should be determined by the nature of the problem—not the boundaries of the department where it first appears.”
Read my perspective on AI & transformation →

05 / CONNECT

Let’s talk about the problem you’re trying to solve.

contact@anacward.com