I am Director of Data Science for the global CRO PHASTAR working closely with our data operations team and external clients to lead the delivery of innovative data science solutions. Previously I worked for the Advanced Analytics Group at AstraZeneca, leading the development of the REACT clinical trial monitoring tool, which I went on to deliver to other sponsors as part of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Within CRUK and in close collaboration with the Christie hospital I worked on electronic data capture, app development and wearables data analytics in the context of clinical trials. I have a degree in Biomedical Sciences from Keele University and a bioinformatics Masters and PhD from Leeds University.

I first joined ACDM during the 2019 conference and was excited to join the eDigital expert group given the relevance of the topics to my own interests and work at PHASTAR.

Marcus has been in the life science industry for more than 20 years, and spent most of that time in IT, Computerised System Validation, Risk Management, Quality Management and Quality Assurance. Over the last 25 years he was in charge of different leadership positions, which included Head of Global Technology Quality Management and Head of the QA Computer Technology Auditing Group at PAREXEL. Marcus has a proven history of getting to the heart of matters impacting Quality or Information Security, with clear insight into gaps, threats and remediation solutions. Adept at leading worldwide programs and projects to deploy frameworks, systems, and controls that transform how companies handle risk prevention and mitigation. Recognized for driving continuous improvement at all levels, with a key focus on transformation in project management and systems controls including computerized system validation.

In October 2017, Marcus joined Q-FINITY, a consulting company for risk-based Quality Management, Quality Assurance, GxP-Compliance and Continuous Improvement of Processes, Data and Computerized System Validation. As Chief Operation Officer he now takes care of the operational belongings of Q-FINITY, but still regularly acts as advisor, consultant, trainer and auditor on all kinds of client projects.

Oliver has a degree in computer science with focus on business process/workflow management systems. He now has 20 years of extensive consulting, auditing and project experience in the life science industry. Oliver is co-lead of the ISPE GAMP D-A-CH Forum, member of the ISPE GAMP Global & EU Steering Committee, the ISPE PHARMA 4.0 Advisory Board and the RQA IT Committee. In the context of the current GAMP 5 2nd Edition revision, he was a member of the Core Team. Oliver is also an ISACA CDPSE Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer, Certified SAFe Agile Practitioner, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

After finishing a PhD in atomic physics, Nicolas pursued his career in the field of machine learning. He worked several years in the data analytics team of a consulting company before joining CluePoints end of 2018 to integrate the research team. He’s now leading the machine learning team which is in charge of developing new machine learning solutions.