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Executive Leadership
Nancy Lurker, Chief Executive Officer
Nancy, a veteran in the biopharmaceutical industry, joined PDI in November 2008, as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Lurker has more than 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales, marketing, and commercial operations. Prior to joining PDI, Ms. Lurker was Senior Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the U.S. subsidiary of Novartis AG), where she oversaw a product portfolio in multiple therapeutic areas representing multi-billion dollars in annual sales. Ms. Lurker was also President and CEO of ImpactRx, Group Vice President-Global Primary Care Products for Pharmacia Corporation, and a member of Pharmacia’s U.S. Executive Management Committee. She began her career at Bristol Myers Squibb where she quickly rose from Senior Sales Representative to Senior Director of Worldwide Cardiovascular Franchise Management during her 14 year tenure. Ms Lurker graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from Seattle Pacific University, and holds an MBA from the University of Evansville (Evansville, Indiana).
Jeffrey Smith, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Jeff joined PDI as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in May 2006. He has over 30 years of broad based finance, accounting and general management experience and over 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Formerly a Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer of PLIVA, Inc., a growth oriented generic pharmaceutical Company. From 1985 to 2002, served in various executive positions including Executive Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and acting President and member of the Office of the Chief Executive -- with ALPHARMA, Inc., an acquisition and growth oriented, NYSE listed, global specialty pharmaceutical company. He is a Certified Public Accountant who began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Frank Arena, Senior Vice President, Shared Sales and Commercial Operations
Frank joined PDI in June 2010 after spending 36 years at Novartis Pharmaceuticals company (NPC) and its predecessor, Ciba-Geigy. He served in various roles including most recently Vice President and Head of Sales Center of Excellence and formerly held the role of Vice President of Field Analysis, Training and Sales Operations. In these assignments, he led key functions that supported the field organization in addressing the needs of NPC customers, advancing the skills and competencies of field associates, and driving sales results. In addition, he led many strategic initiatives and projects impacting the sales organization and served on the Senior Sales Leadership Committee for many years. He holds a Masters degree in Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairfield University.
Gerald Melillo, Senior Vice President, Business Development
Gerry Melillo, a biopharmaceutical industry veteran joined PDI as the Senior Vice President of Business Development in October 2010, with his most recent experience as the General Manager for the Southeast Operating Unit for Novartis. From 2004 to 2008, he was Vice President of the Novartis ABGIU Business Franchise responsible for leading marketing ans strategic planning for key in-line brands; multiple product launches, key partnerships and joint ventures. Prior to Novartis, he spent 15 years at Pharmacia, Inc. and a predecessor company Upjohn where he had broad sales and marketing experience across several therapeutic areas. Throughout his career, he has successfully led the launch of brands and new indications in multiple therapeutic areas; antibiotics, antidepressants, antihypertension, antivirals, diabetes, plain and inflammation, and urinary incontinence.
Jo Ann Saitta, Senior Vice President, Information Technology; Chief Operating Officer, Group DCA
Jo Ann joined PDI in 2005 with 20 years experience in Information Technology strategic management and planning. Served as Director, Relationship Management at Prudential Financial, Corporate Technology Services division; previously held various management and technical positions at IBM Global Services, in the areas of e-Business, client-server computing and VM mainframe. She holds two Bachelor degrees from Rutgers University; a Masters in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT); and is completing a Ph.D. in Information Systems at NJIT.
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