Laszlo Vasko

Critic
DISC Type : C

Senior Director, R&D Therapeutic Enabling Innovation Technologies at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Overview

Laszlo Vasko is a Senior Director at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, leading R&D IT for Therapeutic Enabling Innovation. He specializes in deploying technology for advanced therapies like CAR-T and has extensive experience from his prior role at AstraZeneca in R&D M&A integration. He holds Masters degrees from Drexel and Penn State.

He has a long-standing interest in improving clinical development through technology, having presented at industry events like DPHARM and BIO-IT WORLD on topics ranging from workflow automation to managing innovation pipelines. He appears to value collaboration and making new connections, especially since relocating to Cambridge, MA.

Unique fact: He was involved in pioneering the use of knowledge graphs for clinical development at AstraZeneca as far back as 2012.

Personality Overview

Negotiator

Information Seeker

Critic

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Topics They Care About

Clinical Innovation
Leads teams focused on transforming clinical development and has presented on disruptive innovations and workflow automation at industry conferences like DPHARM.
Advanced Therapies
His work centers on creating technology platforms to support advanced therapies, specifically mentioning CAR-T, from clinical manufacturing and supply to patient coordination.
Technology Pipelines
Delivered a keynote address at BIO-IT WORLD focused on the specific methodologies and insights for managing technology innovation pipelines within a research and development setting.

Media Appearances

Laszlo has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Senior Director, R&D Therapeutic Enabling Innovation Technologies at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
8-2022 - 12-2024
Senior Director, TA Enabling Innovation at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
1-2018 - 7-2022
Senior Director, Clinical Innovation R&D IT at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
4-2011 - 1-2018
Senior Director R&D Information at AstraZeneca
1-2004 - 3-2011
Director of Information Technology at AstraZeneca

Education

2013 - 2016
Master’s Degree from Drexel University College of Medicine
1996 - 2000
Master of Science (MS) from Penn State University

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Insights For Selling To Laszlo

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Laszlo is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Laszlo

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Laszlo move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Laszlo take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Laszlo

Personality Compatibility


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