Faster Than Normal

Built a social audience of 750k+ people and write to 70k weekly via my newsletter, Faster Than Normal.

Founder

Airtree

Scout for ~$1.3bn fund. Invested in 15 companies.

Scout

Zipline.io

Started as a business development rep and finished leading the Go-to-market for United States market entry.

Go-To-Market

Goldman Sachs

Mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raising, debt capital raising, and project finance.

Investment Banking Division

Koala AI | Argonaut Capital | Australian Water Polo

• 2024-present: Maple (Co-Founder/Advisor)
• 2024-present: Athyna (Investor/Advisor)
• 2024-present: Co Ventures LP
• 2023-2024: Koala AI (Co-founder) (exited 2024)
• 2023-2024: Aura Ventures, Build Club
• 2021-2021: Ammo Marketing, Growth Marketer
• 2021-2021: Isolabs, Growth Marketer: sold $1m of super-computed NFTs
• 2018-2018: Beanstalk AgTech
• 2016-2017: Finance Association of Western Australia, Co-President
• 2016-2017: 180 Degrees Consulting
• 2016-2017: Argonaut Capital
• 2016-2016: PricewaterhouseCoopers 
• 2015-2017: Boarding House Master, Water Polo Coach
• 2015-2016: Western Australian Institute of Sport, Water Polo
• 2015-2016: Australian Water Polo Team

Prior experiences

Exploring how to get better at the game of life and sharing my learnings so you can do the same. | 650k+ audience

Personal website: alexbrogan.com.
Assorted writings: alexbrogan.substack.com.
My thoughts on AI: thelastinvention.ai.

Alex Brogan

Genmab

Associate Director, Forecasting & Analytics

Sr. Manager, Forecasting & Analytics

Horizon

Provided forecasting and commercial analytics support to Commercial Development & Business Development teams responsible for entire Horizon product portfolio.

• Built revenue forecasts for 3 internal pipeline programs and 10 business development products
  to optimize funding and resources across multiple projects.
• Provided market intelligence and commercial outlook for 15 business development products via 
  therapeutic area research and competitive landscape assessments.
• Worked with commercial development and pricing teams to establish gross and net of rebates 
  pricing for new products.
• Assisted commercial development team with screening multiple strategic therapeutic areas to 
  identify potential business development products.
• Developed pricing database to track price increases across 90% US branded pharmaceutical 
  market to ensure the company’s pricing actions were consistent with the overall market.

Senior Manager, BD & Pipeline Forecasting 

AbbVie

Provide forecasting support and collaborate across multiple stakeholders to inform Long Range Plan, milestone decisions, and strategic decisions for Oncology sales pipeline.

• Picked by AbbVie’s CFO to forecast the $6B global oncology pipeline.
• Led forecasting support for VENCLEXTA, AbbVie’s first oncology product.
• Developed and maintained forecast models for long range plans, milestone decisions and strategic decisions for numerous cancers. 
• Coordinated with business intelligence team to identify key forecast data gaps for multiple products and developed market research to fill in those gaps.
• Worked with global pricing team to understand pricing strategies across geographies for various cancer types.
• Provided forecasting support for the buy vs. build analysis for “PD-1”, the industry’s leading cancer research area.
• Calculated worldwide sales of multiple products, excluding sales in the 7 largest developed country markets, using data from similar cancer products.

Forecasting Manager, Oncology Franchise

Led financial planning and reporting for Division Headquarters groups for Global Pharmaceuticals Commercial organization with $8 billion in annual sales.

• Led team of 2 in planning, forecasting, analysis and reporting for the $1B division headquarters groups.
• Coordinated quarterly SOX and impairment testing for $8B International commercial operations division.
• Assisted in streamlining corporate allocations, reducing staff time 80% and improving financial transparency.
• Implemented monthly financial planning package for division headquarters groups resulting in increased awareness of key financial issues.

Finance Manager in Division HQ Finance

Abbott Laboratories

Published financials for Global Pharmaceuticals Divisions with combined $22 billion in annual sales. 

• In-charge of publishing monthly financials for $22B pharmaceutical business, including leading edge proprietary products sold principally in developed markets and established pharma business focusing on high growth developing countries. 
• Implemented a single financial reporting package for the proprietary pharmaceuticals business in the US and overseas.
• Provided support to worldwide finance staff and external auditors on financial issues.

Finance Supervisor in International Shared Services

• Provided controllership support for $30M global services organizations.
• Improved financial reporting via variance breakout between performance and exchange drivers.

Sr. Financial Analyst in Corporate Headquarters Management Services

Provided financial support to the Latin America Area management with $400 million in annual sales.

• Reviewed, analyzed and supported plan, latest best estimate and long-range plan for Latin America.
• Streamlined decision making by developing a clear and concise key statistics package.
• Provided recurring and ad-hoc financial support and analysis to area executives.

Sr. Financial Analyst in Abbott Nutrition International

• Formulated quarterly manufacturing volume forecasts used for standards setting and financial planning for 8 plants with $300M of production costs.
• Assisted the European planning group to strategically reallocate manufacturing between 
  Europe and US.
• Assisted the supply chain organization with budget development and financial initiatives.

Financial Analyst in Abbott Diagnostics Divison

Premier two year rotational program aimed at identifying and developing Abbott’s future financial leaders
	
Abbott Diagnostics Division (ADD), Delkenheim, Germany, Assay Manufacturing and Development Operations Accounting     
Abbott Diagnostics Division (ADD), Dallas, TX, Manufacturing Reporting and Analysis       
Corporate Administration (CADM), Lake County, IL, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis                                                                                      
Abbott International (AI), Lake County, IL, Division Financial Planning and Analysis                                                                                                         
Hospital Products Division (HPD), Lake County, IL, Technical Operations Accounting

Finance Professional Development Program

Associate Director, Forecasting & Analytics at Genmab

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