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Highlights

  • 25+ years of IT management experience.
  • 10+ years in executive level management positions
  • Strong technical understanding of all aspects of information services and technology.
  • Significant strengths in IT Infrastructure, Project/Portfolio Management, Web Development, and Customer Support.
  • Significant expertise in research-oriented industries, including Education and Biotechnology.
  • Change oriented philosophy.
  • A leader in fostering innovation.
  • Proven leadership in highly matrixed organizations.
  • Proven leadership in highly focused industries (Education, Biotechnology, Information Technology)
  • Solid business, financial, investor, and executive leadership experience.

 

EXPERIENCE:

PaulDupuis.com

Founder and Principle. Providing consulting services and solutions for IT infrastructure, portfolio/project management, e-commerce, software development, and executive advice on business development and growth of technology-oriented businesses. Recent engagements include: consulting on and successful resolution of a critical information security breach, development of web architecture and e-commerce solutions for a publishing house, and business and product technology development for the manufacturer of a research-focused software suite. March 16, 2009 to Present.

 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTX)

Senior Director, Governance. Created and developed of a full featured IS governance organization from scratch. Within 18 months, the organization provided project and portfolio management (PMO), policies and standards, and performance based, metric-driven, continuous process improvement. Directed and managed all financial and regulatory compliance activities. Guided quality improvements in identity management and security. Drove risk assessment and quality control initiatives in IT and collaboratively in business lines utilizing a mix of in-house and outsources staff and services. Dramatically improved procure to pay processes in conjunction with financial leadership team. Used metrics-driven project reporting and analysis to enable corporate leadership to plan multiple investment scenarios for optimization of IS and business projects to achieve maximum alignment to corporate objectives and respond agilely to both opportunities and constraints in difficult financial times. Responsible for a portfolio of over 200 projects and $15MM per year. Led a team of over a dozen vice presidents charged with a 3-year, $30MM effort to build business processes and supporting information system to support clinical development, supply chain, registration, and commercialization of a multibillion dollar drug. Delivered drug launch-readiness infrastructure plan and project portfolio to launch Hepatitis C drug in 2011. June 15, 2007 to March 13, 2009.

Senior Director, Infrastructure. Leadership of all infrastructure services including networking, servers, parallel computing, common applications and services, systems integration, application development, and desktop support. Responsible for a cross-platform environment consisting of Macintosh, Windows, Linux, and Unix systems. Decreased clinical trial design times; created a comprehensive employee entrance and termination workflow supporting Identity Management; implemented a centralized laboratory data archive; initiated and expanded the use of electronic forms and electronic signatures; and delivered many other business and research improvements. Delivered a 2000+ node highly available multi-gigabit metropolitan network, a parallel (120+ CPU) Linux supercomputer, a 100TB+ storage system, developed a novel parallel clinical trial simulation tool reducing trial design time from months to weeks, and implemented many other systems providing competitive advantages through innovation. Led a team effort to win BioIT Magazine’s 2003 award for “Best Overall Informatics Platform” for Vertex’s internally developed research informatics system. Drove improvements in management and operations for all laboratory instrumentation software and analysis tools. Initiated and participated in multiple business development projects. Established projects for comprehensive network monitoring; server performance improvements; and infrastructure enhancements supporting increased systems availability and disaster recovery. Responsible for supporting all aspects of Pharmaceutical activities, from research to preclinical to clinical development, to supply chain, to manufacturing, to commercial operations and all general and administrative support areas. Direct responsibility for a $12MM operating budget, and a $5MM average annual capital budget. December 4, 2000 to June 15, 2007.

Envision Development Corporation (AMEX:EDV) (Biz2Net Corporation)

Vice President, Information Technology. Leadership of all Information Technology initiatives for the parent company, Envision Development Corporation, and its five subsidiaries. Responsible for the evaluation and assessment of the technological and business strengths and weaknesses of potential business partners and acquisitions. Provided a state-of-the-art corporate infrastructure including a Voice-over-IP phone system, fully fault-tolerant LAN, and Windows desktops and servers. Initiated projects for comprehensive network monitoring, Internet servers (web and database) fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. Implemented JD Edwards OneWorld financial suite in a record three weeks. Conducted formal due diligence assessments for potential and actual mergers and acquisitions. Initiated and led software design, development, and quality assurance projects. Designed sales and promotional materials for products. Priced IT products and services. Developed business plans. Managed major corporate reorganizations in acquisitions. Managed product development and quality assurance ranging from secure e-mail to wireless Internet services. Provided strategic and tactical planning for the upgrade, enhancement, and delivery of comprehensive IT services to support manufacturing, fulfillment, e-commerce, and business operation for Biz2Net, a CD manufacturing affiliate. Migrated Biz2Net’s corporate business systems from Symix Syteline 2.0f to JD Edwards OneWorld, including manufacturing, financials, and distribution in a 6 month window. Drove major improvements in desktop computing support and services, Internet, WAN, and LAN reliability and server capacity and performance for Biz2Net. Responsibility for a staff of 40+ and a budget of nearly $10MM. August 16, 1999 to November 3, 2000.

Boston College, Office of Information Technology

Director, Strategic Planning & Business Operations. Demand and project management for all of Information Technology. Developing and tracking a strategic plan and tactical work plans for all of Information Technology. Operating and Capital budget forecasting and management. Space planning and daily business operations. Developing prioritization and executive review process for all IT work requests. March 1, 1999 to August 13, 1999.

 

Acting CIO & Leader, Information Technology Management Team. Leading a senior IT management team of four in the full operational management of all Information Technology operations including planning, customer support, networking, application development, systems management, and research and development. Functioning as acting CIO. Initiating major IT business process reengineering efforts and organizational change aligned around institutional objectives. Responsible for all aspects (operating and capital budgets, personnel actions, daily operations, project planning & management, etc.) of a 118 person, $15+ million IT department. September 2, 1998 to March 1,1999.

 

Director, Technology Planning & Integration. Initiating, organizing, and leading institutional planning efforts on information technology. Providing the Associate Vice President for Information Technology with technological and architectural tactical recommendations and plans. Migrating Boston College from a mainframe based legacy application environment to an Intranet based distributed application environment while preserving the best characteristics of BC’s legacy systems. Designing and advancing the university’s technology infrastructure based upon open Intranet standards. Organizing and overseeing project teams engaged in the implementation of new state-of-the-art customer services. Principle technical coordinator for Project Delta, a university wide business reengineering effort. Functional and administrative supervision over 12 professional staff. Operation direction over all IT resources (118 employees, $15 million budget). November 1, 1996 to March 1, 1999.

 

Assistant Director, Advanced Technology. Developing and implementing strategic software development projects. Providing the Associate Vice President for Information Technology with technological and architectural recommendations. Designing and advancing the university's technology infrastructure based upon open intranet standards. Organizing and overseeing project teams engaged in the implementation of new customer services. Actively involved in major Boston College initiatives such as Project Agora. Responsible for the Interactive Multimedia Laboratory, a leading edge facility for the promotion of instructional technology to Faculty. March 13, 1995 to November 1, 1996.

 

Assistant Director, Information Processing Support (Customer Service/Academic Computing). Developing and implementing strategic software development projects. Managing the Special Services unit (responsible for advanced technical research and development). Designing and developing applications for the Macintosh as well as front-end major mainframe-based applications. Assisting the Executive Director of Information Technology on institutional projects, as needed. Fulfilling the responsibilities and functions of the Director of Information Processing Support in his absence or as directed. Apple Developer Partner. Apple University Consortium representative. Departmental troubleshooter. May 1, 1989 to March 13, 1995.

 

Acting Director, Information Processing Support. Directing the day to day and long term strategic mission of the department. Developing and managing capital and operational budgets for computing projects (>$3 million). Interfacing with all major computing and communication vendors; developing and directing tactical and strategic plans for the improvement and enhancement of computing services and support for approximately 2,500 faculty and staff and 14,000 students. Functional and administrative supervision over 24 professional staff and 60-90 student employees. August 1, 1988 to May 1,1989.

 

Manager of Projects. Interfacing with all major computing and communication vendors; planning and implementing computing support related projects involving micro and mainframe hardware and software. Preparing capital and operational budgets for computing projects (>$1 million). Acting as technological advisor within the department and to other University groups. Developing new training materials on advanced hardware and software systems. Functional supervision over 13 professional staff and 40-60 student employees. August 18, 1986 to August 1,1988.

 

Computing Consultant. Answering in depth questions and solving long range user problems. Providing training and documentation on all supported systems. Support and development of a mainframe graphics tools project to facilitate research, instruction, and administrative projects. Planning and management of capital projects in excess of $150,000. Interaction with user groups and the Apple University Consortium. Jan. 14, 1985 to August 17, 1986.

Independent

PRESIDENT of ResearchWare, Inc. developer of HyperRESEARCH™, a cross-platform application to support qualitative researchers in Sociology, Education, Advertising, Law, Medicine, and many other fields. Annual Gross Sales: $250,000+. August 1990 to January 2001. Board Member January 2001 to present.

 

FACULTY MEMBER at Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 (617) 552-8000. Fall Semester 1998. Taught “3D Modeling & Animation”. Course included weekly lecture, class work, projects, and homework assignments. September 1998 to December 1998.

 

FACULTY MEMBER at Burlington College, 95 North Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 862-9616. Fall Semester 1983. Taught Calculus based on Calculus with Analytic Geometry by Edwin Purcell. Course included weekly lecture, class work, and homework assignments. Spring Semester 1984. Taught courses in Practical Digital and Analog Electronics and PDP-11 Assembly Language. Both courses included weekly lectures and labs. Practical Digital and Analog Electronics texts included Individualized Learning Package for Electricity/Electronics by the Vermont Vocational-Technical Division and Engineering Circuit Analysis by W. Hayt and J. Kemmerly. Jan 1983 to Sept. 1984.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT to the law firm of Grant & Roddy, Boston, MA. Consulted on, developed, and implemented a complete upgrade of their office computing environment for 4 lawyers and 2 support staff. A $23,000 upgrade. 1996.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT to the law firm of Sally & Fitch, Boston, MA. Consulted on, developed, and implemented a complete upgrade of their office computing environment for 12 lawyers and 5 support staff. A $40,000 upgrade. 1992.

EDUCATION:

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Degree: Masters of Science, 1990
Major: Computer Science		 University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Degree: Bachelors of Science, 1984
Major/Minor: Mathematics/Physics

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Invited Speaker for Siggraph 2006 Summit, “The Drug Industry’s Drug: Grid Computing,” July 30th, 2006, Boston, MA.
  • Invited Speaker for TiE Boston’s Outsourcing Workshop, “X-Sourcing: New Approaches to Partnering” November 12th, 2005, Boston, MA.
  • Invited Speaker for InformationWeek 2005, “Improving Time to Market though Simulation: Accelerating the Clinical Process” September 18-21st, 2005, Rancho Mirage, CA.
  • Invited Speaker for Drug Discovery Technology (DDT) 2005, “Accelerating the Clinical Process: Clinical Trial Simulation” August 11th, 2005, Boston, MA.
  • Invited Speaker for World Pharma IT Congress, “Driving Patient Accruals in Clinical Trials through Information Systems and Coalitions: A Future View” June 6th, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Invited Speaker for LinuxWorld, “Storage Panel Discussion” February 14th, 2005, Boston, MA.
  • Invited Speaker for Oxford International’s World Pharma IT Congress 2003, “e-Science and High-Performance Computing in Pharma Discovery” November 16th, 2003, London, England.
  • Invited Speaker for Marcus Evans’s Executive IT Life Science Forum, “Managing the High Performance Requirements of Post-Genomic R&D” December 4-5, 2002, New York City, NY.
  • Speaker for Electronic Messaging Association, Fall 2001 Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Speaker for UniForum Conference, IT Horizon '97 Symposium sponsored by UniForum in conjunction with The Fisher Center of Information Technology and Management, Walter A. Haas School of Business, and UC Berkeley. June 10-11, 1997, San Jose CA.
  • Speaker for UniForum Conference, “Network Computers: Thin Clients...is Thin really in, or is Fat still where IT is at?” April 2, 1997, Austin TX.
  • Speaker for UniForum Conference, “Network Computers: Thin Clients...is Thin really in, or is Fat still where IT is at?” March 26, 1997, Cambridge MA.
  • Speaker for Oracle’s Network Computer Announcement, (by Video) “NCs in Higher Education” May 20, 1996, San Francisco CA.
  • Speaker for NerComp's “Teaching with Computer Graphics” Friday, December 8, 1989 at the United States Coast Guard Academy, McAllister Auditorium. Topic: “Strategies for a Campus Graphics Environment”.
  • Speaker for Macademia's “Managing Change” 1988.
  • Speaker for NerComp's “Managing Change” 1987.

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. Testing hypotheses on qualitative data: the use of HyperRESEARCH computer-assisted software. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp.320-328, ©2000 Sage Publication
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. Anthropology: new developments in video ethnography and visual sociology-analyzing multimedia data qualitatively. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.5-12, ©1997 Duke University Press.
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. Analyzing Multi-Media Data Qualitatively, Presented at the Microcomputing Session of the American Sociological Association, August 1995 annual conference, San Francisco, CA. ©1995 Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. HyperRESEARCH: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data with an Emphasis on Hypothesis Testing and Multimedia Analysis. Qualitative Sociology: Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 289-306, ©1991 Human Sciences Press, Inc.
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. HYPEResearch: a computer program for the analysis of qualitative data with an emphasis on multimedia analysis and hypothesis testing, Social Science Computer Review: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 452-460. ©1991 Sage Publications
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. HyperResearch: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data Using the Macintosh (revised). Presented to the Microcomputing Session of the Americal Sociological Association, August 1990 annual conference, Washington, DC. ©1990 by Hesse-Biber, Dupuis, and Kinder.
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. HyperResearch: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education: QSE. v. 3, no. 2; Apr./Jun. 1990 issue. pp 189-193
  • Hesse-Biber, Sharlene; Paul Dupuis, and Scott Kinder. HyperResearch: A Computer Program for the Analysis of Qualitative Data Using the Macintosh, Presented at the Microcomputing Session of the American Sociological Association, August 1989 annual conference, San Francisco, CA. ©1989 by Hesse-Biber, Dupuis, and Kinder.

 

PRESS

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Citations

 

Envision Development Corporation Citations

  • InformationWeek, “Fast Deployments At A Price - Deploying ERP systems rapidly can mean big savings and significant trade-offs” by Steve Konicki; October 23rd, 2000 Cover Story, pg. 1

 

Boston College Citations

  • CommunicationsWeek, “Campuses Net Users” by Paul Kapustka; Top of the News Section, March 24, 1997, pg. 16
  • CommunicationsWeek, “Tech Trends: Buying the Right NC” by Paul Kapustka and Joy Russell; Top of the News Section, February 10, 1997, pg. 1
  • CommunicationsWeek,” “Tech Trends: What Debate? NCs Are Here” by Paul Kapustka; Top of the News Section, February 3, 1997, pg. 1
  • InformationWeek, “NCs won’t ease the load – Network computers may change, but not diminish the support burden on IS” by Paul Korzeniowski; January 27, 1997, No. 615 pg. 86-88
  • InfoWorld, “NC inroads: Cost of ownership concerns are driving many in corporate IS toward a thin-client solution” by Carolyn A. April; Top of the News Section, December 16, 1996, pg.1
  • InformationWeek, “Ready for Prime Time” by Paul Korzeniowski; November 18, 1996, No. 606, pg.110-111
  • PC Week, “NCs: Coming soon to a desktop near you?” by Paul Korzeniowski; October 7, 1996, Vol. 12, No. 40, pg. N18
  • Datamation, “Who needs a network computer?” by David Simpson; October 1996, Vol. 42, No. 16, pg. 96
  • InformationWeek, “NCs Finding Their Niche – Low cost to buy and maintain thin client lures users” by Mary Hayes; Top of the Week Section, August 26, 1996, pg. 22



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