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Ankit Lodha has high-end expertise in clinical analytics and interpretation of clinical operations data in the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology industry. In his current position, Ankit is responsible for building the Takeds’s (L-Shire) organization capability as a world-class leader in measuring CROs clinical analytics performance metrics and functional reporting. He is also responsible for designing meaningful metrics, setting the data strategy supporting the measurement of CRO performance, generating real-time dashboard for patient enrollment, site quality and forecasting study start-ups and cycle times. Before this position he has worked at Amgen, AstraZeneca and Pfizer within their respective Analytics and Innovation groups providing strategic services, supporting the metrics and data management needs of senior leadership. He holds a Bachelors in Biotechnology Engineering from Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Masters in Business of Bioscience from Keck Graduate Institute and MBA from University of Redlands – School of Business.

Susan Marlin is the President and CEO of Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO), an organization established by the Province of Ontario to make Ontario a preferred location for clinical trials while maintaining the highest ethical standards. Prior to joining CTO she served as the Associate Vice-Principal at Queen’s University. Susan worked with the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group for many years, coordinating cancer clinical trials and leading the development of the Ethics and Regulatory Office.

Susan served as President of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards, and as a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research Integrity Committee, the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board, the Tri-Agency Panel on the Responsible Conduct of Research, and the Ontario Government Life Sciences Working Group. She is currently a member of the Life Sciences Ontario Board of Directors and the Management Team for the Ontario SPOR (Strategy for Patient Oriented Research) Support Unit.

Susan was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She holds a BSc (Hons) from Dalhousie University, and an MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from Queen’s University. She was awarded the Queen’s Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 in recognition of her work in support of military and veteran health research.

Zoran Antonijevic is Head of Biometrics at MedSource. He held executive positions in Pharmaceutical Companies and CROs and has designed more than 100 clinical trials in numerous therapeutic areas, many of which included adaptive designs. Zoran is a long-time Chair and leader of the DIA Adaptive Design Scientific Working Group. He has authored numerous papers and scientific presentations and was editor of books “Optimization of Pharmaceutical R&D Programs and Portfolios” and “Platform Trials in Drug Development”.

Tom is currently serving as the Associate Director of Business Process and Integration in Takeda’s Clinical Supply Chain  group within the Lexington, MA office.  Within this role, he is responsible for the optimization and utilization of the in-house Clinical Supply Management Database (SmartSupplies) currently deployed for all of Takeda’s clinical trials managed out of the Lexington, MA office.  In addition, Tom is also responsible for the Clinical Supply chain integration activities related to any mergers and / or acquisitions made by Takeda’s Lexington office.  Prior to joining Shire, Tom lead the Logistics and Supply Chain Operations teams at two large Contract Manufacturing Organizations.  Tom has been responsible for the implementation of multiple ERP systems / IRT solutions at a number of organizations throughout his career.  These software solutions include SAP, Oracle, as well as a number of software applications developed “in-house”.  Tom has over 15 combined years of Clinical Supply experience from both the CMO and Pharma sides of the industry.