Alexander Kandybin

		Alexander Kandybin
		New York

Alex Kandybin is a New Jersey - based partner who works with clients in the consumer healthcare and life sciences industries to develop strategies and capabilities that help them achieve competitive advantage. Alex is a member of the “Advantaged Grants” board, an internal Booz & Company fund to create market-ready intellectual capital. Alex has 20 years of professional experience in consulting, industry and academia.

Alex's key areas of expertise are:

Competitive Industry Structure and Evolution
Strategy development
Innovation

Examples of Alex's recent client work include:

Developed a view on future evolution of the pharmaceutical industry
Developed a global growth strategy for a large agricultural and food company
Worked with a large consumer healthcare company to develop a global growth strategy
Assisted a large global company to identify attractive new markets and technologies to generate breakthrough growth
Worked with a leading producer of chemicals and advanced materials on development growth, innovation and technology strategy
Led Rx-to-OTC switch strategy assignment for a large global OTC drug company
Led 2002 and 2006 innovation benchmarking studies in the consumer healthcare industry
Analyzed acquisition and joint venture opportunities for a large life sciences company
Led industry assessment and channel strategy assignment for Healthcare Distribution Management Association

Alex’s articles on innovation and healthcare business appeared in strategy+business, HBR and Forum magazines - “Flipping the “Switch”: Big Pharma’s Biggest Challenge”, “Raising Your Return on Innovation Investment”, “The Unique Advantage” among others. Alex is a frequent speaker in the industry – he has been invited to speak at the Annual Leadership Forum of Healthcare Distribution Management Association, Industrial Research Institute, Financial Times’ Innovate Conference and many other forums. His interview with business POV can be seen at http://www.businesspov.com/article/292

Prior to his career at Booz & Company, Alex served as a Vice President R&D for Arbor Research Corporation, supervised a technology development project for US Air Force and worked as a chemistry professor. Alex holds Ph.D. and MS degrees with honors in applied chemistry from Moscow Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology and an MBA degree with High Distinction from The University of Michigan Business School.

In his spare time, Alex likes to play semi-competitive hockey, listen his son playing violin, read good books and watch bad movies. He also likes to ski on the East Coast’s cold and icy mountains with his son and on the West coast powder with his wife and both children.

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