Don Wallar
MSc., MCPM, Cert.APM
An executive-level professional with 30+ years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and cell therapy industries with a focus on portfolio, program, and project management.
Don specializes in portfolio, program, and project management; project strategy development; change management; process improvement; organizational design; stakeholder engagement, establishing project governance and team structures; and delivering training. He also has worked as the Business Lead for Enterprise Project Management Implementations.
Don is an inspirational leader and mentor, developing high performing project teams and individuals to drive organizational change and projects to successful outcomes. He has a demonstrated ability to:
- Integrate business and science objectives and lead global cross-functional experts to achieve organizational goals and drive business growth.
- Focus globally with ability to realize goals across cultures and geography in a virtual environment.
- Achieve quality results through combination of scientific knowledge, situational leadership, drive for process improvement, innovative R&D solutions, and portfolio, program, and project management skills.
- Think both strategically and tactically while communicating at all levels of an organization.
- Drive organizational development and change management practices and establish project team-based approaches to accelerate product development timelines.