OAJ Consulting Services

Alfred Vaz, Jr. is the Principal Consultant for OAJ Consulting Services providing strategies and operational solutions to the Life Sciences Industry in the area of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Operations. Prior to founding OAJ, he spent 22 years in various senior management positions at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a worldwide biotechnology firm... located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At Vertex, he most recently served as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Real Estate Development with responsibilities for all worldwide corporate real estate lease transactions as well as development of new sites for the company. He most recently completed the largest lease transaction in Boston history with the culmination of the Fan Pier deal to locate Vertex Worldwide Headquarters at this new site in Boston. In addition he led the effort to secure $72M in tax and development incentive funding from the City and State to support the project. Previously he was Senior Vice-President of Facilities & Operations at Vertex where he served as a member of senior management planning for Vertex Operations, which includes corporate real estate, facilities, space planning, engineering, procurement, health & safety, security, travel and general operations to support the company. In addition to the Cambridge facilities, his group also managed operations at sites in San Diego CA and Washington, DC as well as international sites in the UK, Canada, and Switzerland. Mr. Vaz has 28 years of experience in the biotech industry. He started at Biogen in 1983 where he spent 5 years in the Safety & Laboratory/Facilities Services Group. He also worked for Millipore prior to joining Vertex in 1989.Read More