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As a scientist, researcher, and educator for more than 25 years, Ingrid looks at healthcare from a holistic perspective — ensuring a patient-driven focus is combined with data-driven science.

Using digital data to promote precision medicine, Ingrid focuses on increasing the pace of medical discoveries and ultimately bringing therapies to patients faster, as well as delivering solutions to people when they want them and where they want them.

As Senior Vice-President of Research and Strategy for Medable Inc., Ingrid uses strong technical, analytic and genetics background to improve the clinical trial experience for patients. The focus is on modernizing clinical trials, the digital virtual healthcare space, and creating technology and tools to collect precision data so we can get solutions to patients in half the time.

Thomas Doerge is the Global Head of Active Implantable Medical Devices at BSI and provides Medical Device expertise leadership and mentoring in areas of competence to the team.

Prior to this position Thomas mentored and coached team members to deliver robust certificate decisions for Design dossier reviews as a Technical Team Manager. He has over 20 years’ experience in the Research and Development of AIMD products specifically in the field of neuromodulation.

Rafe Rosato is the Chief Innovation Officer at DLL, responsible for driving innovation through the acquisition, development and implementation of digital technologies as well as developing new business models to transform the client experience. Rafe has held various commercial leadership positions in his 26 year tenure at DLL, bringing innovative ideas and solutions to some of the most recognized companies in the world. He recently led the design, creation of an online portal, leveraging cloud-based technology to create a platform focused on speed, efficiency and transparency through a fintech approach. Rafe received his formal risk management and credit training as a member of Chemical Banking Corporation and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Civilization from University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

After nearly thirty years of operational and international automotive and captive financial services experience, including Black Horse, Daimler and Allianz, Simon has spent the last five years in consultancy and advisory roles for a number of OEMs, banks and other financial services clients, working with a variety of technology providers across diverse areas including online/direct sales, dealer Point-of-Sale and legacy portfolio management systems.

Much of Simon’s most recent experience has been accumulated in major, international RfP and implementation settings, both client-side and as service provider, gathering valuable insights into solution architecture, as well as key requirements and selection criteria.

Floris is the global commercial lead for Medical Devices at Castor, a global eClinical solutions provider that supports drug and device manufacturers with data collection across the product lifecycle. Over the last 3.5 years, Floris has connected with over 300 medical device companies to help build solutions for their research and development needs.
Floris’ deep understanding and experience in medical device product development and clinical research helps him discuss these challenges and find solutions.