Dr Arshad Mohammed

Clinical Research Information Management, Product
Management, Consulting, Pharmaceuticals & Acute Care

Current Position

Associate Director - Clinical Data Management
Quintiles Technologies (India) Private Limited

• Clinical Research Information Management for global Life Sciences industry. Managing a team of managers who lead teams and global projects of Clinical Data Management and Coding.

Previous Positions

Principal Product Manager
Oracle India Private Limited

• Product Management of Life Sciences Data Hub – the latest product from Oracle
  Life Sciences.

• Helping the development of industry leading Oracle Life Sciences Applications.  Defining product requirements, review design specifications, product documentation and collaterals. Prioritize customer and market requirements and formulate these concepts into software features via written specifications

• Working with development, quality control and documentation teams to ensure
  successful product releases based on corporate priorities. Working with sales team
  to articulate our value proposition in sales meetings, presentations, demonstrations and written marketing collateral.

Consultant, Life Sciences
Infosys Technologies Limited

• Key role in establishing Life Sciences practice. (Domain support, business plans, strategy, solutions definition, strategic alliances, prospecting, client meetings (including CXOs), recruitments, client audits, solution offerings like 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, Streamlined Clinical Development). Completed a business process consulting assignment at a global CRO in North America and Europe. Active role in setting up Oracle Clinical implementation team.

Project Lead
Megasoft Limited

• Subject matter expert, business development, training of software development teams and ‘change control board’ (CCB) member for “Acceliant”. Acceliant is a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant, comprehensive software solution for Web based clinical trials. [Key components: trial management, data management, image management and document management].

Senior Executive / Clinical Research Physician
Dr Reddy's

• Clinical Research, Regulatory submissions (India, CIS countries, Romania, etc), Medico-Marketing, Query resolutions (Physicians and patients), Sales force training, Information technology initiatives (Web based clinical trials, Patient portals, Physician portal, Intranet, Corporate website)
• Clinical Research [Phase 1 preparations], Preclinical research (Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics).
• Exposed to toxicology, animal houses, and Intellectual property methods.

Intern / Resident Physician
Health care Providers

• Intern: Rotating internship for 365 days in the following departments: General Medicine, General Surgery, Community Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Radio-diagnosis, ENT, Dermatology and Acute Medical Care.

• Resident Physician: Resident physician in Intensive Coronary Care unit at this state of the art tertiary care hospital. Typical Patients: Cardiology (Acute care setting, including post interventional), Cardiothoracic surgery (post-CABGs / Valve replacements, etc), Neurosurgery. Key expertise gained: Critical Care, Mechanical ventilation, Temporary pacemaker management, Counseling

• Medical graduate (MBBS) from one of the top ranking medical colleges in India.
  AFMC is managed by Indian Armed Forces (affiliated to University of Pune during
  my course). Course duration: August 1990 to January 1995.

• Oracle Clinical Users Group- Annual Conferences: Baltimore: Sep 2005; Vancouver:
  Sep 2006; Atlanta: Oct 2007
• Oracle Life Sciences Applications India User Group: Bangalore: Oct 2007
• Clinical Data Management Symposium, Pune: Jul 2004 and Dec 2003
• Oracle Life Sciences Applications training sessions at Oracle, Singapore: Feb 2003
• Bangalore Bio 2002, Bangalore
• Comprehensive training in multiple dimensions of soft skills like: Assertiveness Skills,
  Business Presentation Skills, Negotiation Skills, Client Relationship Management-CRM, Business Consulting Skills, Winning Presentations, Planning & Prioritizing
• Essentials of SAS

• Pharmaceutical Industry experience in fields of Medico-marketing, Clinical Research, Regulatory affairs and Training. Exposure to international clinical research practices and GCP.
• Combination of skills: Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Consulting.
• Client facing attitude, abilities and experience.
• Good communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills. Die-hard Optimist with a positive and professional attitude.