Speaker Biography
Ruediger Dorn
Ruediger Dorn serves as the Director of the Worldwide Life Sciences Group (Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Animal Health and Crop Sciences) as part of Microsoft Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing Microsoft’s global strategy including the prioritization of industry solutions and their alignment to Microsoft’s worldwide partner, regional and local ecosystems. Additionally, Dorn manages regional vertical solutions units and engages with the sales and marketing teams for localized execution. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2005, he spent nine years with the Oracle Corporation in various sales management, consulting, and business development roles. Between 2002 and 2005, he served as the EMEA industry director for life sciences. He was responsible for Oracle's industry strategy in life sciences as well EMEA sales of line of business solutions to pharmaceutical development. In addition, he built the services team offering consulting services into life sciences and worked as a business development manager for chemicals and pharmaceuticals in Europe. Dorn joined Oracle from Accenture where he worked with product and strategy teams on customer engagements in chemical and pharmaceutical space. He also was involved in large re-engineering opportunities and served as the global project manager rolling out a new drug surveillance system at one of the largest European pharma companies. Dorn started his career at the central R&D IT department of Robert Bosch, Europe's largest automotive supplier, and he worked in several IT functions such as software development, database and server maintenance, systems design and solution support. He holds a MBA degree as well as a Bachelor in engineering.