Keith Lerner:
CLASS OF 1974
South Side High SchoolClass of 1974
Rockville centre, NY
Syracuse UniversityClass of 1981
Syracuse, NY
University of Rhode IslandClass of 1979
Kingston, RI
Keith's Story
Life
After SSHS I went to the Univ. of Rhode Island and became a Pharmacist. I worked a short time at Mercy Hospital in RVC and at a few retail pharmacies, but I quickly realized this wasn't the career I wanted. I attended graduate school at Syracuse University where I got my MBA in 1981.
I met my wife while living in Philadelphia and working as a Marketing Manager on the Tylenol business at McNeil Consumer Products Company (a division of Johnson & Johnson). In fact, I was there during the Tylenol poisoning incident and stayed there a total of 9 years managing a number of McNeil brands and developing new products for the company.
I now live in Livingston, New Jersey and have two great kids: a daughter named Jamie and a son named Max.
I spent 18 ye...Expand for more
ars working at at Warner-Lambert Compay and Pfizer wwhere I was Global Marketing Director for a variety of OTC drug and confectionery brands including Rolaids, Halls, Certs and Clorets. I also spent time doing Business Development & Licensing work at Pfizer Consumer Health.
Currently I am Senior Vice President Global Business Development & Licensing for Novartis Consumer Health, a $3 Billion Consumer products company. I am responsible for negotiating worldwide technology licensing deals and brand/company acquisitions for our company.
One of my more notable contributions was identifying and securing the quick dissolving oral strip technology which became Listerine Pocket Paks and which has become a drug deliver platform for mutiple products woldwide.
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