Episode 4 • Jose Ramirez
Host & Guest
Guest, Jose Ramirez
Host, Kathleen Kaiser
Producer, Adanna Moriarty
About This Episode
Jose Ramirez, CEO of Pedernales Publishing, a top publishing service provider, discusses how his company helps authors through all of the steps from the end of editing to having their book up on all of the sale sites. He goes through how he judges the book, his work with authors as he develops covers, interior design, and more. www.pedernalesauthorservices.com
About Jose Ramirez
An accomplished senior executive with over forty years of leadership and managerial experience in Publishing, Information Technology, Corporate Governance, Quality Management, and Finance, serving the Publishing, Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, and Agricultural industries. He has served as CFO for an Animal Health division, and managed Legal, IT, Accounting, and Governance groups. As a Vice President for a top-five global Pharmaceuticals firm, he oversaw the successful $60M complete redesign and replacement of legacy Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics and Customer Service computer applications with modern systems capable of supporting the company’s dynamic growth. He oversaw multiple global cost savings and productivity initiatives, while providing a strong focus on quality and customer service. He is a strong proponent of and leader in Corporate Diversity initiatives. He established an IT Governance organization responsible for audits, quality standards and compliance that improved IT audit results and resulted in millions of dollars in costs savings. As the publishing world began to evolve, in 2010 he co-founded Pedernales Publishing, LLC. to provide a unique self-publishing service offering to authors.
Positions Held
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Partner and Co-Founder
Pedernales Publishing, LLC. 2010 – Present
Johnson City, TX
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Vice President, IT Governance
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 2006-2008
East Hanover, NJ
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Vice President, IT Finance & Supply Chain
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 2002-2006
East Hanover, NJ
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Exec. Director, IT Finance & Supply Chain
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 1996-2002
East Hanover, NJ
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Director, Information Technology
Sandoz Crop Protection 1993-1996
Des Plaines, ILL
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Director, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Sandoz Animal Health 1990-1993
Dallas, TX
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Director, Information Technology
Zoecon Corp 1985-1990
Dallas, TX
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IT Project Manage
Zoecon Corp 1981-1985
Dallas, TX
Education
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Executive MBA
Southern Methodist University 1990
Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Arts
St. Mary’s University 1972
San Antonio, TX
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