Andy Sontag: Vice President Life Sciences, Clinical & Regulatory Practice & Operations

Life sciences executive for 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, medical device industry and technical industry. 

• Boston Scientific: Vice President of Global Business Operations for Clinical Sciences with overall responsibility for business and operational activities in Boston Scientific’s Clinical, Regulatory and Preclinical areas
• AstraZeneca: Implemented over 80 computer systems across pharmaceutical processes including drug development, supply chain, finance, distribution and regulatory.
• Implemented numerous laboratory and clinical systems at two different AstraZeneca sites including laboratory information management systems and data chromatography

 

Christopher Port: Consultant

20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with particular strength in the R&D space. 

• Scientist in the area of conducting and reporting clinical trials
• Senior manager for Wellcome and GSK
• World wide Quality Manager for Pfizer R&D

 

John Postle: Vice-President of Life Sciences Enterprise  (CPA, PMP)

Enterprise applications and services knowledge including ERP, document management and supply chain  

• Pfizer:  Head of IT Operations for the Legal and Corporate Quality Assurance Divisions
• Responsible for managing all IT Operations and Service Delivery of 20+ individuals for a global division of a major pharmaceutical company with a $45 million budget.

• Bank of America: V.P. and Sr. Manager of the Portfolio Analysis Department and Manager of the IT Dept.

Kathy A. Pelley:  Director Life Sciences Quality

30 years in the pharmaceutical industry with particular experience in information systems, information systems quality assurance and auditing, research and development, 

• Hoffmann-La Roche: Global Head Informatics Quality
• Automation Validation Associates Inc.: Principal Consultant & President
• Conducted discovery research in the area of central nervous system pharmaceuticals

• Consulted to, managed and participated in validation of regulatory related systems in the areas of Quality Assurance, Research & Development, Medical, Clinical, Information Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing.

Sally Seltzer, Vice-President of Sales and Sales Operations

 20 years of year experience in pharmaceutical and other regulated industries

• Pfizer Inc.:  Manager Informatics

• Citizens Bank:  Sr. Project Manager
• Revolution Group: Sr. Consultant

Kathy Esche: Manager, Vendor Audit

24 years in the pharmaceutical industry, primarily in research and quality positions

• Pfizer, Inc: Product Quality and Compliance Site Lead, R&D
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals: Programmer, Scientist

 

Vishakha K. Patel: Validation Specialist
10 years of experience as a Quality Assurance and Validation Specialist. 

• Sanofi-Aventis:  Validation Lead
• Novartis:  Senior Validation Specialist

Phillip Louw: Project Manager (PMP)

24+ years IT and project management experience in supporting regulated industries including pharma.

• Millennium Pharmaceuticals:  Senior Manager-Informatics
• SBI Inc.:  Senior Consultant

Scott W. Bussell: Network and Security Lead

 Network Design and Engineering

• Abbott Bioresearch Center: Network Analyst
• Predictive Systems: Regional Director/Managing Consultant

Jonathan Schultz, Sr. Project Manager

12 years experience in IT solutions including 3 years with large pharmaceutical companies, specializing in business-focused technology management.