Amy is the Sr. Director and lead for Information Technology (IT) Research and Development (R&D) at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. Amy leads teams as they build IT strategies, develop innovative and efficient technology portfolios, implement best in class and emerging technologies, and enable business capabilities through technology enablement. She has promoted technology advancements across the Life Sciences, from building the nation’s most successful private health insurance exchange platforms, to improving state Medicare & Medicaid technology solutions, and growing the technology portfolios of both biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Amy promotes strong partnership and collaboration across IT and functional stakeholders, as it has proven to promote speed and efficiency in pre-clinical drug development and clinical trial execution. With experience in IT consulting at the nation’s leading strategy consulting firm, as well as a background in International Public Health, Amy combines deep analytical approaches with a desire to save the world one patient at a time.
Amy spends her free time learning about new cultures as she travels across the globe, with her knitting needles always along for the ride.
Jeff Lewis is the Sr. Director of QA Computer Systems & Data Integrity for Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, which focuses on bringing life-changing medications to patients with rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases. Prior to Ultragenyx, Jeff consulted for more than fifteen years for a wide range of life sciences companies, where he provided quality systems, computer system validation, software development and data integration services. Jeff served on the ISPE Data Integrity Special Interest Group, which produced a series of GAMP Data Integrity Good Practices Guides. He lives in Oakland with his wife and three children.
James has recently joined BioCatch as Senior Product Marketing Manager. He comes with more than 15 years of experience both in product and product marketing, working for organizations large and small in industries ranging from telecoms, payments, fintech, and the biometric space.
Will Farnell is the founder and a director of Farnell Clarke Ltd, an innovative and pioneering accounting firm based in East Anglia and London, UK offering a fresh approach to SME accountancy and business advisory services. Farnell Clarke was one of the first firms globally to fully adopt cloud accounting technology back in 2009 and remains one of the most innovation firms in the UK. The firm has been named Best Independent Firm (East of England) three times at the British Accountancy Awards, including in 2019 and was awarded Medium Firm of the Year award at the Accounting Excellence awards in 2019. The firm also won the 100% Xero award in 2017.
Will is author of ‘The Digital Firm’ a blueprint for digital transformation. He is a regular speaker on how accounting firms can leverage technology, people and process to achieve practice growth, as well as providing consulting services to support firms in becoming a digital practice.
