Jim Parshall leads electrical and systems engineering R&D for Lilly’s delivery device business. Since joining the pharmaceutical firm in 1999, he has championed disruptive, high-value innovation in various technical and leadership positions across manufacturing, IT, and product development. Assuming his current role in 2022, Jim is currently focused on reducing device development time. From 2018 to 2022, Jim worked in external innovation, where he identified and evaluated digital health and device partnership opportunities to support Lilly’s therapeutic areas. He also planned and produced the company’s first external innovation challenge and led Lilly to be the founding member of a novel accelerator that helps digital health startups engage with pharma. Prior to that, Jim recognized the healthcare digital disruption, then envisioned and created digital health capabilities at Lilly.