Odom Lewis

This high level, experienced agency leader, holding an M.Sc. and an MBA, is seeking her next opportunity in North America or abroad.

Career Highlights include:

In the past year, as owner/operator, she has leveraged her substantial network connections and reputation in the industry to build a successful healthcare strategic consultancy practice.  Partnering with one of the leading global interactive firms, she has been delivering cutting edge solutions to pharmaceutical clients in the digital/new media arena.

• Hired on as Managing Director of a large agency in 2001, turned the operation around from a substantial loss to a profit within 12 months of joining the agency. Delivered four consecutive years of doubling revenue, coupled with significant profits and bonuses.
• Built up the agency reputation as the “Agency to Beat” with a substantial track record of new business wins and was featured in the Canadian Pharmaceutical Marketing magazine in 2006.
• Drove the creative vision of the agency and spearheaded numerous award winning campaigns, having also played the role of de facto Creative Director during tenure at this agency.
• Experienced in most therapeutic categories with a keen understanding of the nuances of healthcare marketing to a variety of different target audiences and stakeholders.
• Substantial global experience and understanding of marketing issues currently faced by the industry around the world – has been “involved in/the lead on” numerous global new business pitch teams and has worked on key drug launches with a variety of multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Overview and Objectives

This stellar candidate held the position of Managing Director with a global multinational healthcare marketing and communications agency for 7 years (2001 – 2008). She currently holds the position of President/CEO of a lucrative healthcare consultancy practice begun last year.

This candidate’s career has spanned agency management, pharmaceutical sales/marketing/communication to clinical research. The combination of a strong science background (M.Sc. in neurophysiology) coupled with an MBA and healthcare industry experience have resulted in a career path that rapidly accelerated to senior positions.

Her objective for future positions would be:  to bring her unique set of skills to organizations that are looking for a dynamic and motivational leader to help grow their business,  to utilize her diverse healthcare marketing, communications, CME and Med Ed experience, and to drive strategic planning and creative vision.

With 20 years of healthcare industry experience and a dynamic leadership style, she brings to any organization a multifaceted understanding of the pharmaceutical/healthcare business, high level strategic thinking, creative vision and effective management.