Frances Grote has been in the biopharma industry for over twenty years.  She has worked extensively in both Clinical Operations and Clinical Vendor Management, including an “ex-pat” in Strategic Sourcing.  Fran has always been an innovator in Drug Development Outsourcing, focusing on leading-edge approaches to maximizing the value of outsourced relationships for both the customer and the provider.  She is currently Senior Director of Clinical Vendor Management at Biogen, where she is focusing on collaborating both internally and externally to implement a best-in-class outsourcing vision and strategy.  Fran is also the mother of four amazing kids, and a novelist.  Her second book was published in 2014.