ICRF (Israel Cancer Research Fund)

Secure CRM Alternative for R&D on a Budget

ICRF Integration with Shared Contacts for Gmail
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Employees
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Mobile devices
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Shared contacts
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Saved work hours
The Customer

Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) supports the best researchers and scientists to improve cancer diagnosis, treatments, and cures for the past 40 years. ICRF is the largest nongovernmental source of cancer research funding in Israel. In 2021, ICRF funded 71 cancer research projects. One of those projects became instrumental in the development of breakthrough FDA-approved drugs. Moreover, this project includes the first two Israeli Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry. ICRF's international headquarters is in New York City. Their internal team consists of 20 people located across the globe (the US, Canada, and Israel).

The Challenge

01 . Need for a shared contact database

ICRF migrated from Outlook to Google Workspace. This prompted Lior Lapid, Chief Executive Officer of ICRF, to look for an easy solution to continue sharing and synchronizing contact lists (labels).

The takeaway was to do it the exact way they used to share contacts with Outlook, wherein they need to share the contact list:

→With the entire organization with the core staff comprising of approx. 20 people across NY, Chicago, Toronto, and Tel Aviv; and

→With researchers and scientists outside of the organization.

Unfortunately, Google only has the Contact Delegation feature. This is too limited for sharing contacts the way ICRF needs. ICRF wanted an address book with no limit of contacts. Plus, there should be numerous collaborators as well. More importantly, everything should be directly accessed from their mobile phone, email, or their Google Contacts manager.

02 . Economical CRM alternative

The option of acquiring a costly CRM was not a viable option. Most CRM functions are for sales and marketing. ICRF does not need a complicated system like that, especially that those features would not be used. In the field of cancer research, each penny counts. Hence, paying for unnecessary functions is a waste of funds.

The Solution

Lior Lapid found Shared Contacts for Gmail on Google Workspace Marketplace. He immediately installed it. Afterward, he was able to share contacts with his colleagues and with Google groups composed of ICRF's staff. Before finding Shared Contacts for Gmail, they thought of sharing an email or a shared document with a password in order to share their contacts. However, this solution was absolutely not secured and not satisfying.

Helpful Features
Sync with Outlook or Mobile phones

You can decide to synchronize or not the shared contacts with the mobile devices and outlook clients of your colleagues.

CRM alternative

Save money on CRM seats by no longer paying for it when you just need to share contacts. Your employees who just needs to access or update the customer's phone and email address can be subscribed to Shared Contacts for Gmail for a small fraction of the cost of CRM seat.

Data security and privacy

Your contact data is safely protected as we abide with the most severe security and privacy programs. You will also improve your compliance level.

The Result

ICRF enjoys immediate relief upon installing Shared Contacts for Gmail. They were considering moving back to Outlook to share their contacts with their staff across multiple countries, but our solution saved them from that situation.

"The app answers all of our queries perfectly. Studies show that on average, researchers spend between 30 - 40% of their time on relentless tasks that do not even concern the research. Scientists that we support, should not have to waste their time on such matters. Your app helps us save time and focus on what matters, and therefore it directly contributes to saving lives "

548
Saved work hours