Biography - Dennis J. Van Liew

Dennis J. Van Liew
Senior Director, Strategic Management Group
Pfizer Global Research and Development

Denny Van Liew has twenty-five years experience in helping European and US organizations in increasing innovation, developing new business/organizational models and improving processes.  He has a strong reputation in leading projects, which translate visions into operational reality. 

His career has spanned management consulting, senior staff and management positions within and for organizations involved in ethical life sciences and healthcare delivery, financing, policy and education.  Through this work he has developed special expertise in leading new initiatives including new healthcare models, intellectual property strategy, strategy realignment, change management programs, organizational development, and restructuring projects. 

Denny is currently responsible for providing strategy advice and goals setting support to Pfizer research and development leadership with a particular emphasis on drug safety, lean product development, pharmacogenomics, nanomedicine and healthcare information technology issues. 

Prior to joining Pfizer in 2001, Denny worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers as leader in the healthcare services strategy practice in Washington, DC.  He is a member of the Board of the Personalized Medicine Coalition, Washington, DC and a Fellow in The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (UK). Denny earned an M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering with concentrations in Health Systems Design, Decision Support and Operations Management from Iowa State University, Ames, IA.  He has also taken a postgraduate course in pharmaceutical drug development at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.