257- Cracking the Code: How Raj Madan Broke Barriers from India to Global Pharma

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Raj Madan Raj Madan is an accomplished technology leader spearheading digital innovation and transformation at global companies like L’Oreal, Novartis, and GSK. He currently serves as SVP and Chief Digital and Information Technology Officer at Arcutis Biotherapeutics, a biotech startup. Raj holds an MBA and a Master’s in Computer Science focused on AI and machine learning. He thrives on uniting cross-functional teams to reimagine business processes and systems leveraging emerging tech. Raj is skilled at guiding data-driven solutions and fostering cultures of experimentation that drive value. Cracking the Code: How Raj Madan Broke Barriers from India to Global Pharma Get ready as host Phil Howard sits down with digital dynamo Raj Madan. Raj spills his secrets on leading IT and digital transformation. Learn how he’s challenged the status quo through experimentation and harnessed data for smarter decisions. Hear how Raj has confronted roadblocks head-on with resilience and empathy. He shares wisdom on nurturing talent, managing risk and building cultures of innovation. Grab some coffee and lean in as Phil picks Raj’s brain in this down-to-earth exchange.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds today.
0:12.0	Raj Madan on the show, Chief Digital and Information Technology Officer.
0:18.1	And very excited to have you on the show because you have an extensive
0:23.0	career. But I think what's exciting is that you've gone from big to small. So you've seen
0:34.0	really, really many different IT environments.
0:40.2	You've got a lot of, well, as much as you can have nowadays, AI experience.
0:47.4	So that's always nice.
0:49.1	So first of all, welcome to the show.
0:51.7	I want to talk going big to small.
0:52.8	But first, how did you get started
0:55.3	in this thing that we call technology, which really is like maybe 100 years old?
1:02.7	Yeah, absolutely. So, you know, I, so first of all, Phil, thanks for having me on this show.
1:08.2	I was super excited to be here and super excited to be talking with you today.
1:12.3	So I started my journey with technology.
1:16.0	I want to say about, oh gosh, it's probably been about 35 or so plus years.
1:21.0	I remember growing up back home in India, and my dad came home. He had just traveled to the U.S. He came home with one of
1:30.4	these sort of Texas instrument computers that you plug into your TV. First of all, for all of us
1:38.4	ignorant Americans, and I'm not saying all Americans are ignorant. I'm not going to pigeonhole every
1:42.8	American into ignorant and being bad at geography or anything. I hope that we know where India is, but India is a
1:48.5	very big place. Can you give me, can you paint a picture of what it was like for you growing up?
1:53.2	I mean, I can tell you, I grew up in like a small town like on a farm and we were like
1:56.6	walking around with hay in our mouth, that type of stuff, you know, and grass stains underneath, that type of thing. But what was it like for you? Where did you grow up? City, country.
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