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Executive Healthcare Leader

Baxter is a medical devices company which provides critical care,nutrition,renal,hospital and surgical products.

▪ Practical Strategist ▪ Digital Savvy Innovator ▪ Cultural Advocate ▪ CATHY SKALA takes a vision and makes it reality through practical strategy development. She intuitively sees the connections of opportunity that exist in an organization, brings them together into a coherent picture, helping others to see, think, and act driving substantial growth and improving operating margins. She is an expert in leading companies through restructurings, mergers, divestitures, and business transformations, focusing specifically on the cultural differences between global requirements and local realities. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, including Abbott, Hospira (now Pfizer) and Baxter, she is an inspirational leader and a passionate storyteller who believes that the reason people come to work for a healthcare company is to serve the patient. Cathy champions the power of diversity with unshakable optimism to best serve those patients. Cathy also has 10 plus years of experience in the software industry and corporate IT function. She is respected as a credible voice ensuring digital technology is adopted by the company for its true benefits. She has sponsored several ERP, software systems and digital technologies as both an IT Vice-President and as executive business sponsor, effectively confirming IT as an enabler of innovation.