Kofi A. Kumi, Vice President & Managing Partner, Scimitar, Inc.

Kofi A. Kumi

Vice President & Managing Partner

Making transformation work, sustainably

​Kofi A. Kumi helps biopharma leaders turn strategy into operating systems that are as impactful as they are enduring. With a background that bridges laboratory science and enterprise transformation, Kofi brings both structure and subtlety to how organizations evolve, ensuring that progress is measureable, repeatable, and sustainable.

​Kofi's work has included regulatory workforce management, quality system management, R&D post-merger integrations, clinical operations process optimization, health equity and inclusive research, and new business development. He's known for connecting the dots across functions to simplify complexity and build ways of working that scale, including helping organizations materially reduce procedural burden and run inspection-ready systems with consistency.


MBA
Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

A.B., Chemistry
Harvard University

Smartsheet Solution Consultant
Smartsheet

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I)
Scrum.org

Strategic Workforce Planning
Human Capital Institute (HCI)

Monday.com Core Certified
Monday.com

Business Process Management
APQC

Expertise:

  • Development Acceleration
  • Strategic Workforce Planning & Resource Management
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Portfolio Management
  • Program & Project Management
  • Operational Excellence
  • Business Process Management
  • AI & Digital Transformation

What Motivates Me:

Making change real: simpler processes, better decisions, and results that hold up over time.
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