Nicolás Maldonado Gilead

Nicolás is an executive leader and change agent with 34 years of global, well-rounded experience in the Immunodiagnostics, Biopharmaceutical & Medical Device businesses. He holds an outstanding record for driving successful compliance, operational excellence, and personnel development, and has led multiple large-scale projects to grow businesses and organizational capacity. Before joining Gilead, Nicolás completed 27 years in Abbott Laboratories where he held positions of expanded leadership in Technical Support, Analytical Laboratory Operations, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance Operations and Quality Systems in Puerto Rico, the continental US and in Europe, Northwest Africa and Russia. At Gilead Sciences, Nicolás has been spearheading the Quality digital strategy, including advancing the implementations of Veeva Vault Quality Docs, QMS and RIM across Gilead and Kite. He is complementing these by driving a global strategy for Advanced Analytics, Data Visualization, Technology Adoption Tools and modernizing the employee learning experience. Nicolás holds a BS degree in Biochemistry from Stony Brook University, and a Masters Degree in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical School at Temple University, where he completed research work in protein biochemistry and in the immunoregulation of autoimmune diseases.