Vita Cassese has over 30 years of operations experience at Pfizer Inc, a $51 billion Fortune 30 company and focuses on investments in the healthcare and technology sectors. Most recently, she held the position of Vice President, Business Development, Strategy and Innovation. She previously served as CIO for Worldwide Pharmaceuticals, leading an organization of nearly 1,000 people in 44 countries and was a member of the Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Leadership Team which was responsible for long term business strategy. Vita established industry-leading partnerships with Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Intel, and IBM. She was a key member of the Warner Lambert and Pharmacia acquisitions’ due diligence and integration teams. Earlier, she served as Vice President of Business Technology and Market Research for the US Pharmaceuticals Group. In this role, she led many technology initiatives, one of which was honored with Management Science’s prestigious Prism Award.

Vita started her career at New York Telephone where she had assignments with both AT&T and Bell Labs. She is a member of the Teradata Advisory Board, the Sierra Capital Ventures (PE) CIO Advisory Board, and formerly served on Microsoft’s Pharmaceuticals Advisory Board. In 2007, she was named one of the top 25 CIOs of the year by CIO Insight Magazine. Vita has authored articles and has been profiled in numerous industry publications including Computerworld, CIO, and Optimize Magazine.

Vita is a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Mount St. Vincent. She is a guest lecturer at New York University's Stern School of Business, MIT Sloan, and Boston University, and is a mentor at Columbia University. Vita holds a BA in Mathematics from the College of Mount Saint Vincent and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.