Archives: Speakers

Christopher Harrell is the Chief Technology Officer at Yubico where he oversees Yubico’s global team of hardware and software engineers responsible for driving innovative authentication and security products to market. He has more than 20 years of security engineering and architecture expertise along with extensive experience managing and leading teams.

Previously, Christopher served as Director of Security Engineering at Yahoo, and as Information Security Manager at Apple. Together, in these roles, Christopher had the opportunity to secure hundreds of thousands of computers, impacting billions of users worldwide.

Christopher is passionate about the potential for technology to improve lives. He believes that security and usability can co-exist, and enjoys the engineering challenge of proving it.

Aditya joined Incofin in 2009. He is a Partner at Incofin & also Co Heads the Asian region. He specialises in deal sourcing and value-creation. He is on Board of several Indian financial institutions. He has over 18+ years’ of industry experience spread across investment management, investment banking and corporate finance. He is a chartered accountant and an alumni of Harvard Business School.

Andrew has worked for 20 years in the asset finance industry, with over 25 years in commercial software development. At Alfa, he’s worked on product development & architecture, internal technology, end-to-end solution architecture, cloud and information security; bringing a balance of technology and business focus to his role as CTO.

David Smets is an mHealth Solution Specialist at Medidata, a clinical software platform provider. He works closely with life sciences companies and CROs to execute clinical trials that include eCOA, eConsent, and wearable devices, imaging and biosensors. He is passionate about bringing value to clinical research and ultimately improving outcomes for patients through innovation and technology. David has been working in this area for over 10 years, in various operational and commercial roles, focusing on AI, imaging and mHealth solutions.

Dan Pavitt has worked in Information Technology since 2001 specialising in eClinical Solutions since 2006.  A Software Engineer by training, Dan has helped countless clinical teams implement and realise value from a range of eClinical products including Randomisation and Trial Supply Management (RTSM/IRT/IxRS), Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) and Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) tools.  Dan has worked for a range of Pharma companies and technology vendors, he joined Medidata in 2019 and is currently responsible for the Rave RTSM Solution in Europe.

Kim Hedges has 25 years of experience in managing patients by utilizing digital health solutions to expand access virtually to healthcare and clinical research.  She has expertise in executing solutions to implement, oversee and ensure best practices are integrated into the end-user experience for providers, sites, and patients.  She helped pioneer the application of mobile-first strategies for use across a variety of healthcare settings for providers, payers, academic institutions, and patients to expand access to care virtually.  Ms. Hedges has focused on the use of real-world experiences and insights gained to drive the successful implementation of mobile and virtual clinical trials.  Her current focus involves collaboration in digital health strategy & solutions from protocol assessment through solution deployment.