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Andrea is an academic, consultant, for-profit/non-profit organisations and entrepreneur with over 30 years of international experience in the healthcare sector, specifically focusing on pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry, health services and pedagogic research. Andrea’s goal is to provide better outcomes for everybody: patients, providers, and payers. He provides vision and strategic direction as a leader of small and large research teams from different cultural backgrounds. Andrea offers a unique combination of entrepreneurship and academic rigour, allowing him to succeed in various challenging projects.

Key accomplishments
• Co-led the conceptualisation of the Biomedical Evidence baSed Trans-disciplinary (BEST) health research institute, which focuses on people’s health, linking basic and translational investigations from bench to bed to home.
• Led the creation of a multidisciplinary research method and statistical analysis unit (RMSAU), which supports the development of randomised controlled trials in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy Practice, Health Services Research and Pedagogy.
• Co-founder of the Pedagogic Interest Group (PIG), which supports academics in research, widens participation and welcomes early career researchers who contribute to the next REF and students’ experience.
• Created an innovative and bespoke pharmacist-led intervention using a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) subject to an intellectual property right.
• Developed and led a national research project: a novel, cost-effective intervention in primary care that has changed policy and practice, allowing the government to allocate 36 million Euros to fund such services.
• Lead author of a scientific manuscript which is in the top 5% of all research outputs (n=26,673,263) ever tracked by Altmetric.
• Led an academic module, changing team culture and reducing student attrition by 93%.
• Managed a re-engineering process for improving efficiency and time management whilst optimising costs in a retail pharmacy business; the business achieved a return on investment of 52%.
• Created a pharmacy business from scratch and implemented sales and marketing strategies, achieving a return on investment of 900%.

Skills: statistical analysis and data mining, data presentation, health services research, clinical trials, business management, economics.

Research interests: health services research, clinical trials, outcomes research, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pharmacist-led interventions, pedagogic research, active learning, and data modelling.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Medical Retina Sub-specialist in a busy, multi-cultural teaching hospital
• Strong academic background in medical retina with expertise in commercial and non-commercial clinical trials
• Teacher and trainer committed to clinical excellence

My leadership strength lies at the intersection of my love of health sciences and a passion for technology. Pushing the boundaries of innovation and leveraging deep industry knowledge, I harness digital advancements and technology’s diverse potential to address industry challenges and provide cutting-edge solutions. Shaping the future of life sciences with forward-thinking strategies and a commitment to excellence, I lead digital transformation strategies which accelerate clinical trials, optimize operational process and elevate the patient and user experience. Through collaboration, fostering synergies between stakeholders and building high performing teams, I champion the integration of AI, data science and advanced technologies to drive adoption for meaningful, sustainable change.

A 20-year technology career within healthcare and life sciences has given me a unique collection of experience, background, networks and knowledge. I use it to lead the adoption, process optimization, and infrastructure development necessary for sustainable innovation, scale and growth.

Key expertise:

• Proven digital innovation and transformation leader whose competencies traverse geographies, resource limits and technical maturity to deliver novel solutions that enable fast, precise decision-making, enhance quality, maximize efficiency, and improve patient safety
• People leadership and mentoring with a unique ability to build diverse, motivated and high performing teams across stakeholder groups and business teams, aligning competing objectives to deliver quality results
• In-depth knowledge of the R&D value chain from the perspectives of Sponsors, Academia, CROs, Vendors, and Patients
• Data governance covering acquisition, transformation, ingestion, standards, interoperability, visualisation and ALCOA++ landscapes and architecture
• Validation and compliance specialist, adept at navigating the regulatory and ethical landscape governing quality, security, privacy, technology and data integrity
• Recognised industry expert, a sought-after conference speaker/facilitator, and active member of global industry initiatives (Vulcan, IMI, TUFTS, EHR2Sponsor)
• Robust operational competencies including contract negotiation and language, governance, risk management, sales, marketing, operations, lecturing, training in addition to exceptional business acumen and communication skills