Richard I. Thomas, 2013 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- Quintiles
- Location
- Durham, N.C.
- New titles in your IT organization:
- Head of R&D, a critical role tasked with identifying and bringing forward new and emerging technologies that will help advance Quintiles strategy while making a real contribution to the development of the healthcare and biopharma industry.
- Characteristic most important in an IT hire:
- Thinking outside the box.
- A task you've delegated this year:
- Focusing on growing our Asia business -- establishing a new CIO role for the region and appointing an IT executive into the role.
- How are you turning your IT department into a services organization?
- We became a services organization several years ago. Our focus is now driving company growth and new revenue streams through a variety of technology services, working directly with our biopharma and healthcare customers.