Mandar Paralkar
Global VP, Product Marketing, Life Sciences and Healthcare
SAP
As executive leader of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry for SAP, Mandar Paralkar has responsibility that includes, global industry business unit performance, strategic business planning, go-to-market execution and investment portfolio. As a business and technology leader, he advises on applications, network and platform topics as a trusted advisor. He’s responsible for strategic partnerships across the industry value chain. Leadership in strategy development for supply chain management, business network and industry innovation solutions are some of the key aspects of his interactions with business partners.
Mandar has worked for about 30 years in the life sciences industry as business consultant, architect and solution manager working on solving customer challenges in regulated industry. He works with pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare segments to understand trends and challenges in the industry and advise IT solution to resolve the business pain points in the value chain. He has extensive experience innovating with Fortune 500 companies to use technology to drive business value and maximize the return of their investment in SAP.