Zeid Barakat is a Managing Director at Scimitar Inc. and was a Director at PwC. He has led major R&D transformations, focusing on Clinical and Tech Ops initiatives, large-scale CRO/ CMO partnerships, post-merger integrations, new product launches, operational turnarounds and digital platform rollouts. Mr. Barakat is a lecturer in Tufts CSDD’s professional development courses, a co-facilitator at CSDD roundtables and a consultant on projects with Ken Getz and other members of the CSDD team. He earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Masters in Biotechnology from Harvard, and a BA from Bowdoin College.