Suzy Im - Entrepreneur of the Year

Headquartered in Boston and launched in 2014, Business Development & Marketing Transformation (BDMT) Global is a firm led by award-winning experts that offers strategic go-to-market, business development, and marketing services for leading international biotech and pharmaceutical companies and global start-ups trying to break into the U.S. market.
BDMT Global was established by Managing Partner Suzy Im and Head of Life Science Strategy and Operations Dr. Jake Lee, who has accumulated more than 20 years of industry experience through global pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Lonza, Shire, Mgen, and Takeda, other multinational companies, biotechnology, and biopharmaceutical fields.
Suzy Im, is a widely-known name in global business development and a four-time award-winning marketing transformation leader featured in publications such as Fortune Magazine. Both as a business development consultant and a hands-on practitioner, Suzy has played a transformative role in helping generate powerful global business operations for clients worldwide, especially in the life sciences, healthcare, wellness, medical devices, technology, and manufacturing industries. In the life science arena, Suzy works to find and secure strategic partners and scouts for technologies/companies for both out- or in-licensing/acquisition. In the medical device, healthcare, and B2B technology arena, Suzy leads processes for vendors to penetrate global markets, and create strong demand. She has worked with leading global brands including Siemens, GE, HP, Teradyne, and Samsung.
Since 2004, Suzy has inspired the next generation of business leaders as a Senior Marketing Faculty & Board of Advisors at Emerson College. Returning to teach at the same institution that she once attended, Suzy is giving back to her alumni community in the best way possible: by assuming the role of a mentor for her students. Dedicated to her craft, Suzy leverages her own real-world experiences to prepare her classroom for both internships and careers post-graduation. Suzy takes pride in helping each and every one of her students refine their skills to prepare them for success in the future.
A recognized name in many global and local media publications, Suzy has written two books in leadership communications and has delivered numerous keynote addresses and seminars at global events.