George Sawicki

George’s career spans 25 years within the pharmaceutical industry.

He joined KPS in 2014 as Vice President of Business Operations & Alliances accountable for growing the client portfolio within KPS. In 2018, he was appointed to Chief Operating Officer of KPS to expand the operational infrastructure and client base within KPS to support its growth and quality of Services delivered. Prior to joining KPS, George was Global Head of R&D Procurement for Teva Pharmaceuticals and Cephalon, Inc. (prior to Teva’s acquisition of Cephalon in 2011). He provided sourcing and procurement strategies for Teva’s R&D organization on the Branded Products side for all clinical categories. In addition, he was accountable for all Strategic Relationship Management (SRM) execution and oversight with Teva’s 3rd party suppliers across R&D.

George was Director of Contracts at ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, accountable for all Sponsor contracting and study site negotiations worldwide from 2002-2007. He organized and was accountable for the first centralized outsourcing function within Clinical Research for Pfizer’s Global R&D division in Groton, Connecticut.

George began his career at Covance, Inc., a global CRO, as its Director of Finance.

George earned his B.S. in Marketing and Management from West Chester University. He has spoken at numerous pharmaceutical industry conferences over the years and has been instrumental in driving value and cost savings for the pharmaceutical companies that he has worked for through the strategic use of clinical outsourcing providers.