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Valerie Smith

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Vice President, Information Technology and Facilities at Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Valerie is the Vice President of Information Technology and Facilities at Viridian Therapeutics, where she applies her scientific background and IT expertise to support the full drug development lifecycle. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Emmanuel College, people describe her as a leader with profound integrity and courage whom they can trust.

Outside of work, Valerie lives in southern Massachusetts with her husband, two children, and two dogs. She is actively involved in her childrens lives, enjoying watching their sports and even coaching her daughters softball team. She also enjoys adventurous travel, including hiking and exploring.

She is a co-author on a patent for a novel class of gram-negative antibacterial agents.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Information Technology and Facilities
Job Level
Senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Bridging Science & IT
Leverages her background as a medicinal chemist to lead IT strategy, ensuring technology solutions are aligned with scientific needs throughout the drug development lifecycle.
Building Teams
Passionate about building trusted, high-performing teams to deliver impactful IT capabilities, as evidenced by her leadership philosophy and active recruitment for her department.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Vice President, Information Technology and Facilities
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.
1-2022 - 1-2023
Vice President, Head of IT and Facilities
Faze Medicines
3-2021 - 12-2021
Senior Director, Head of IT and Informatics
Faze Medicines
2-2020 - 3-2021
Senior Director Information Technology
Alkermes
2-2018 - 2-2020
IT Director
Alkermes
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Education
2001 - 2005
BA
Swarthmore College
2011 - 2013
Master of Science in Management
Emmanuel College (Boston)
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