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share stories or swap skills with colleagues . Rayapureddy ’ s team came up with the idea of department-wide IT Challenges consisting of quizzes , Microsoft whiteboard Pictionary games , and virtual coffees with colleagues once a month . These events helped bring people together , Rayapureddy says , particularly given that their staff span the globe and come from a variety of cultures . “ One of the other things we did was tell people that we will come out of this . Humans are very resilient , and if history has taught us one thing , it ' s that humans respond and adapt to change . I always told people to keep looking forward and to start planning for that ."
Despite these challenges , there was some advantage to being a global company , as team members were accustomed to working collaboratively in different time zones . And in November of 2020 , Rayapureddy and the team were able to take their hard work and celebrate a successful Day 1 at Viatris . Given all of the integration planning and pandemic challenges the technology team delivered on their mission – Day 1 at Viatris saw zero glitches .
" I remember Michael Goettler , our CEO , telling me how we made a highly complex process look simple . The team across the three companies , Mylan , Upjohn , and Pfizer , did a fabulous job for countless hours and for more than 12 months . And then obviously , so did our partners ." To top it off , a live town hall was broadcast to the entire global workforce , welcoming everyone to Viatris .
The 22 workstreams and 141 crossfunctional workstream technical teams were able to deliver 50 + business applications , configure over 100 + applications , launch a new company website ( www . Viatris . com , which is live today in 33 countries ), launch an upgraded intranet site and collaboration
tool for 45,000 users , hold over 30 training sessions , and , in the span of a few hours , provide every employee with a new email address , all while working remotely .
Viatris ’ Day 1 would not have been such a success if it weren ’ t for Rayapureddy ’ s leadership style , which created the foundation for the IT department and aligns with the Viatris mission . Despite the stresses of the last year , Rayapureddy says he never saw any finger-pointing during tense moments . " People said , Okay , we
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