Georgia N. Papathomas, Ph.d.

Biography

  GEORGIA N. PAPATHOMAS, Ph.D. VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, PHARMACEUTICALSGeorgia Papathomas, Ph.D. is Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Pharmaceuticals. In this position, Georgia’s goals include driving innovation in Information Technology (IT) and creating competitive advantage for the business through the use of technology, following changes in information flow across the healthcare industry, influencing changes in health IT, and building a strong and engaged global IT team. She assumed this position in January 2011. Georgia is a member of the Pharmaceuticals Group Operating Committee (GOC). Prior to joining the company, she held the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Corporate Innovation Officer at Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) Pharmaceutical in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and served as a member of the BI-Pharmaceuticals Executive Leadership Team. Georgia has worked with Pfizer as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and as Vice President, Global Customer Service Management; and with Lucent Technologies as Vice President-Global Professional Services/Network Solutions. She began her career in research at AT&T Bell Labs. Among her many affiliations, Georgia is on the Board of the National Center for Women in Information, the Technology Board for Patient Care Primary Care Collaborative, and on the Board of the Madison YMCA. She is also a member of the North American Research Board, the New York Academy of Science, the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, the Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association and the Executive Women’s Technology Forum, SWIFT. Georgia received a Ph.D. in Engineering Science, a Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, a Sloan Fellowship and Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering all from Columbia University in New York City.

Research Interest

 Chief Information Officer, Pharmaceuticals