Christopher Blenk

Christopher Blenk

Business Intelligence Practice Lead

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Client Partner @ IQVIA | Leveraging strategic consulting, analytics, technology, expertise and AI to enable informed leadership decisions across the Life Sciences industry

  • Education

    • North Carolina State University

      1986 - 1992
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical Engineering Cum Laude

      Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, AIChE, University Budget Committee Member

    • North Carolina State University

      1986 - 1992
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Pulp and Paper Technology Cum Laude

      Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Research Assistant

    • University of Delaware

      1994 - 1997
      Master of Engineering Chemical Engineering: Vaccine encapsulation, Polymers, Supercritical Fluids

      Activities and Societies: Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant

  • Experience

    • Accenture

      Mar 1997 - Aug 2006
      Business Intelligence Practice Lead

      Provided strategic and execution expertise on leading edge initiatives primarily within pharmaceutical marketing and sales and related commercial organizations. Developed a practice focused on customer information management and use of that information to drive business operations and change.

    • IQVIA

      Jan 2006 - now

      Practice Manager: Providing strategic and operational oversight for IMS US Commercial Operations & Analytics Managed Services business. IMS Managed Services selects top talent and invests heavily to train them on IMS data assets, industry trends, analytics, consulting skills, and more. Our onsite teams have therapeutic expertise (e.g., Oncology) and specialization in functional (e.g., Forecasting) or operational (e.g., Reporting) delivery. Included full P&L responsibility, strategy, sales, people management, and designing, selling and shaping delivery of transformational BPO deals as clients need to adapt to increasingly complex markets on lower budgets. Show less Strategies & Large Programs: Design & deliver strategies such as (1) actionable plan for pharmaceutical company to significantly raise revenues; (2) IMS five year industry vision to guide Pharma Company decisions and (3) Advising private equity firms on strategic decisions.Client Partner: Responsible for IMS Data Management, Analytics and Reporting services for global clients. Communicate vision of reducing costs by leveraging cloud-based vendor capabilities for data collection, integration, management, and analytics.E-prescribing: Lead IMS eRx data quality improvements and offering development. Educate clients and IMS stakeholders about e-prescribing impacts on patient treatment, branded pharmaceutical sales and payer influence. Show less

      • Client Partner

        Oct 2023 - now
      • Commercial Solutions Partner

        Apr 2022 - Oct 2023
      • US Practice Lead - Commercial Outsourcing Services

        Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
      • Senior Principal & Practice Manager

        Jan 2006 - Dec 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Leading Strategic Growth

      Columbia Business School
      Dec 2020