Archives: Speakers

Serpil Tutan is a Director of Clinical Research at the Research Resources Office, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. She has more than 24 years of nursing and clinical research experience. Some of her current responsibilities include, protocol development, feasibility reviews, budget negotiations, and direct oversight of the clinical trial finance, regulatory and QA/QC teams. She had successfully completed institutional launch of the Clinical Trial Management System, financial module at Texas Children’s Hospital. One of her passions is protocol development and project management for all aspects of investigator initiated and/or rare disease trials.

Joaquim is currently the COO of ABAKA. He carries over 21 years of experience in Operations and Consulting in Financial Services, within the UK and Europe in notable institutions such as BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, and Accenture. He has a successful track record of driving operational improvements and efficiencies, with a specialty in advising clientele on their digital transformation needs. Joaquim is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. 

Based in Los Angeles, Gary has 26 years of drug development experience, holding global leadership positions in Information Technology, Clinical Operations, and Quality Assurance.

Passionate about innovation and business transformation, Gary has spent the last 4 years working to advance industry adoption and regulatory acceptance of the virtual, decentralized and hybrid clinical trial models, and is currently exploring how elements of these may serve to streamline early phase clinical trials.

Aimee Hodge is the VP/GM of Technical Operations at PCI Pharma Services located in Bedford, NH.  In this role, Aimee oversees the technical transfer, project management, validation and manufacturing technical science (MTS) groups supporting PCIs North American business units related to the contract manufacturing of sterile drug products and medical devices.  Aimee is a member of New England PDA and International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering.  She is an active member of the NH EPSCoR Research and Industry Council.  She earned her B.S. in Biology from the University of New Hampshire and holds numerous patents for medical devices. 

João is the group CEO of Mobilize Financial Services (previously called RCI Bank and Services), the captive bank of the Renault group, working for the brands of the Alliance.

With over 35 years of experience in IT, Guy D’Hauwers is an  industry veteran. Currently working as the Vice President for HPC and AI at atNorth, Guy is in charge of atNorth’s Cloud, High Performance Computing (HPC) and AI businesses internationally.

Guy is based in Brussels, Belgium and joined atNorth back in 2018, after having previously held senior managerial positions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Siemens and Real Dolmen.

Guy Has been leading Strategic Business Development in the CAE, Telecom, Cloud , HPC & AI domain at Global and International level, always seeking new business models and new innovative solutions for clients and partners.

In his current role with atNorth, Guy has helped various large, international companies make the move from private and public clouds, towards the ideal hybrid HPC and AI environments from a performance and innovation standpoint whilst keeping their totals costs and digital carbon footprint to a minimum.

Hannah is the International Corporate Engagement Manager at Veganuary and became vegan after taking part in Veganuary 2018. Hannah joined the charity in 2021 and now works closely with brands, retailers, institutions, workplaces and businesses taking part in the Veganuary campaign and beyond.