Joseph Ricci is Business Engagement & Technology Senior Principal Analyst at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, responsible for ensuring that team members maintain reliable, scalable, and compliant systems that easily meet business needs by efficient delivery and enhancements that provide opportunities for developing and implementing innovative solutions and integrations. Joseph is a senior IT leader with 28 years of experience in strategic planning, assembling effective teams, and project management. He has managed IT projects in the areas of biotechnology, engineering, and process manufacturing, as well as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process.

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases. Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our corporate headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and our international headquarters is in London, United Kingdom. We currently employ approximately 3,500 people in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America with nearly two-thirds of our staff dedicated to research and development. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. Our research and medicines have also received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the French Prix Galien and the British Pharmacological Society awards.