Ly Kawaguchi

Bristol Myers Squibb​

Ly Kawaguchi is a Senior Director/Head of Outsourcing and Procurement at MyoKardia and has over 25 years of scientific, operational, and business experience in drug development.  She currently leads 3 integrative functions: Clinical Outsourcing, Site Budgets/Contracts/Site payments, and Business Analytics.  Prior to MyoKardia, she held positions of increasing responsibilities leading to Director of Clinical Outsourcing (Ultragenyx), Director of Study Management, Outsourcing and Contracts Management (Allergan); Senior Study Manager at Genentech.  She holds a B.S in Environmental Toxicology from UC Davis.
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As an AAPA Mentor, Ly Kawaguchi can share her experience and insight on career and leadership development, networking, work-life balance, and transformation and resilience in challenging times.