Jana Machan
Chief Operating Officer
The value I most identify with is accountability. For me, the core of this value is meeting commitments – in short, accountability is about showing up and setting out to accomplish the things you said you’d do. It is about taking ownership for your actions and the impact that they have on the project, on the team and on the company.
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Jana Machan joined CCRM in 2017 as VP, Commercialization and was promoted to SVP Operations in June 2022 and Chief Operating Officer in July 2024. Prior to joining CCRM, Jana spent nine years on the Baxter Canada executive team, including establishing the Business Model Innovation and Market Access functions, leading Medical Affairs and steering a major turn-around in Baxter’s $100MM Renal Therapy business, restoring growth and profitability in a challenging market environment. Earlier in her career, Jana worked at Becton Dickinson in various progressive sales and marketing roles in Canada and the US, including Marketing Director and Worldwide Business Director at the company’s global headquarters in New Jersey. Jana holds an MBA from Rutgers and an MSc (Protein Chemistry) and BSc (Biology/Genetics) from McGill University.
E: jana.machan@ccrm.ca