Joe McGrath Email Address

Vice President Information Technologies

SAGE Therapeutics develops and delivers novel medicines for most debilitating and disabling central nervous system disorders.

I am an executive IT business leader with a proven record of improving the efficiency and productivity of operations through strategic thinking, and by integrating innovative and practical IT solutions into the fabric of an organization. As the SVP of IT for Sunovion, I guided IT transformation as the company matured from a start-up to a peak of 9 products, 3,200 employees, and $1.4B in revenues. Provided leadership through acquisitions, global integration, rapid growth, and downsizing events. As VP/CIO at FORUM, I accomplished several major projects in support of the company's growth plan, including the first implementation of the Oracle Fusion ERP at a Life-sciences company in New England. I have just retired from Sage Therapeutics, Inc., as VP of IT, and I used these same leadership and technical skills to support a rapidly growing company with a great staff and culture. In my three years at Sage, my team and I built a full catalog of over 40 Enterprise solutions to enable the successful development and commercialization of Sage's first product, and an incredible pipeline. I offer global leadership expertise for IT and Business Process Strategy. A respected leader and mentor, I develop the teams and strategies that blend internal resources and capabilities with offshore and near-shore support models to deliver substantial cost savings for enterprise-wide service delivery. Value Offered: * Industry Thought Leadership: Recognized as a leader in the use and implementation of Oracle Technologies. * Metrics-Based IT Development: Expert at leveraging ITIL capabilities with agile development philosophy to create standard framework and service levels with measurable results. * Acquisition Integration: Offering stabilizing leadership through change, including seamless integration of acquisitions on a global scale. Areas of Expertise: * Local and Global Budget Management; Financial Planning * Digital Transformation Initiatives and Technologies * Business Process Design; IT & Business Strategy Integration * Outsource Program Design & Management * Global Project Management (NA, Europe, Asia) * Oracle / SAP ERP Systems * Regulatory Compliance (SEC, SOX, FCPA, CFR Pt.11, GxP, HIPAA, PDMA, PPACA, GDPR)