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Clare has been doing clinical trials in clinical operations and project management for the more than 18 years. Her first 15 years were with the CROs. She started off her career in LabCorp (formerly known as Covance) as a CRA who manages sponsor studies in Singapore and Malaysia. Later on, she joined PPD and over the years, she  became the regional head for Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Clare then returned to LapCorp and headed the Early Clinical Development team in Asia Pacific to run Immuno-Oncology, Rare Diseases and Epidemiology studies in the region. Clare is now with Tessa Therapeutics, working on cell therapy studies, focusing on CAR-T treatment.

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.