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About Me

Currently, I am an Account Manager with Gerson Lehrman Group’s Life Sciences division based in New York, NY.

Prior to joining Gerson Lehrman Group, I spent two years with Kroll (a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies) as a Client Executive. While at Kroll, I worked with national and global Fortune 500 clients in the financial, aerospace & defense, life sciences, and professional services sectors.

Before Kroll, I worked in academia as an instructor and research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and The College of New Jersey focusing on global political economy, international relations & international law, and research methodology. I hold a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science (with Honors) from The College of New Jersey, a Masters of Arts in Political Science from Temple University, and a Masters of Arts (with Distinction) in Political Science with a focus on International Security from the University of Pennsylvania. I am currently writing my dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania.

I am also the founder of bill | petti, a blog dedicated to commentary on various topics including business & innovation, technology, and research methodology with a focus on crowdsourcing and open innovation.

Specialties & Interests

Account/Relationship Management, Business Planning & Forecasting, Crowdsourcing, Data Analytics, Due Diligence, Global Background & Substance Abuse Screening, Market Analysis, Project Management, Research Design & Methodology, Strategic Analysis

Work History

• Gerson Lehrman Group
• Account Manager - Life Sciences
• December 2008 to Present

• • Responsible for managing strategic relationships with leading global pharmaceutical and specialty pharmaceutical companies.
  • Consult with business development, market research, competitive intelligence, and R&D executives to ensure the maximization of their investment in GLG's research platform.
  • Lead a number of internal initiatives including: strategic identification of new buying centers, in-depth analysis of client life-cycle & forecasting methodology, and creation of analytics dashboard to assess client activity and revenue.

• Kroll
• Client Executive
• December 2006 to December 2008

• • Successfully managed and grew a multi-million dollar book of business, consisting of Fortune 1000 companies in the Greater Philadelphia, New Jersey, and New York markets, in the highly regulated background screening and pre-transactional due diligence industry.
  • Obtained the status of trusted advisor with clients in matters pertaining to background screening, employment law (including state, federal, and international compliance), executive and pre-transactional due diligence, and HR processes.
  • Cultivated a strategic approach to new client development, including the design and implementation of customized market analysis, ROI methodologies, and successful coordination of efforts across sister companies and strategic partners.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania
• MA, Political Science
• 2003 - 2006

• Temple University
• MA, Political Science
• 2001 - 2003

• The College of New Jersey
• BA, Political Science, Criminal Justice
• 1996 - 2000

• University of Pennsylvania
• PhD, Political Science, International Relations & Security, Research Methodology
• 2006 -