San Francisco, CA – August 20, 2019
Roberta Fiore, a marketing innovations leader with international experience in the technology, biotech, and healthcare industries, has joined the disruptive executive search firm, Carpe Diem Partners.
Roberta Fiore, a marketing innovations leader with international experience in the technology, biotech, and healthcare industries, has joined the disruptive executive search firm, Carpe Diem Partners.
Effective immediately, Roberta Fiore will lead Innovation, Marketing and Technical engagements across our Technology, Consumer, and Biotech practices. As a Managing Partner, Roberta will be an active client engagement leader in retained search and in the firm’s diagnostic consulting services.
“With the addition of Roberta to our team, Carpe Diem Partners extends its trusted advisory services to clients looking to target, assess and acquire world class talent, for clients with strong innovation and growth mandates. Examples might be Chief Executive Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, SVP Corporate Development, Chief Digital Officers, and SVP Product Innovation roles” stated Jeff DeFazio, Founder Partner of Carpe Diem Partners.
Roberta has deep experience in marketing, product and sales innovation in both small and large multinational organizations across the Technology, Biotech and Healthcare verticals. Roberta’s arrival strengthens our ability to understand our clients’ growth initiatives and helps them advance at a faster pace”, stated DeFazio.
“Through her deep operating experience and education, Roberta has an innovative mindset and fresh way of thinking that will also contribute internally to the disruptive approach of Carpe Diem Partners.” stated DeFazio.
“I am truly excited to join Carpe Diem Partners and help disrupt the retained executive search industry. The industry still operates in a traditional way, while Carpe Diem Partners is breaking the mold. Our proprietary ‘problem solving’ framework and the use of innovative technologies enables us to respond rapidly with bespoke solutions to our clients’ needs. Clients are refreshingly surprised by our consulting insights and expedited process,” said Roberta.
Roberta started her career in multinational environments in highly specialized markets. She worked at Eisai, and subsequently at Celgene during the startup phase, contributing to their successful growth. She moved from sales to marketing, joining Novartis Oncology where she led a key therapeutic product, Tasigna, that significantly improved the outcome for patients with leukemia. Roberta expanded her responsibilities to international marketing roles at Alexion and Ariad, two US-based biotech companies focused on innovative solutions for rare diseases. After completing her Executive MBA, she joined a “unicorn” start up, Mindmaze, a neuro-tech company using consumer-oriented computer games to stimulate motor recovery after a stroke. She worked closely with the Research & Development team to move MindMaze from prototype to scale in consumer markets.
Roberta holds a Master in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies from the University of Bologna, Italy, an Executive MBA at IMD and an Executive Master at INSEAD in Organizational Behaviors and Change Management.
“We are absolutely delighted and honored to have Roberta choose Carpe Diem Partners for its culture, community, mission and values,” stated DeFazio.
About Carpe Diem Partners
Carpe Diem Partners is a consultancy intent on disrupting the conventional approach to executive search. The firm is focused on Talent Management and Acquisition of world class talent: Boards Members, Chief Executives, CXO’s, Presidents and their direct reports. Carpe Diem advises multiple Fortune 100, Private and Investor-backed companies on leadership imperatives. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA with national presence and global experience in all regions. For more information, contact us at jdefazio@carpediempartners.com.