Archives: Speakers

Jeff Lowry leads UBC data warehousing team and serves as the product owner of UBC Real World Infrastructure.  Mr. Lowry has been at UBC since 2015 where he as utilized 25 years of data modeling, development, and architecture experience to play a key role in the design and build out of UBC Mosaic platform.  Jeff started his career at NCR Teradata working in their Professional Services as a consultant where we worked on accounts for multiple fortune 500 clients.  After Teradata Jeff spent 15 year at an international insurance company where he served as Director of Data Processing and operations.  In this role Jeff lead the organization responsible for data processing and interfaces.  Along with a strong technical acumen Jeff also possess an extensive understanding of data privacy and processing laws for over 60 countries including all developed nations in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia

Amanda is currently Director, Product Management at Medidata, a Dassault Systemes Company and is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction for the Rave RTSM Product. She has been in the Life Science Industry for more than 20 years and has held multiple roles in the eClinical space as well as pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. Before joining Medidata two years ago, Amanda focused on patient centricity and reducing patient burden as the Sr. Director of Operations at Altavoz, an eCOA startup that was acquired by IQVIA. Prior to that, Amanda was Sr. Director, RTSM at Bioclinica and oversaw RTSM Operations. Amanda is also active in the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and is the Monitoring and Evaluation Lead for Women in Healthcare Give Back.

Andi DeStefano is an ACRP (Association of Clinical Research Professionals) Certified Professional with 15 years of biotech and 20 years of healthcare management experience.

She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA, and a Post Baccalaureate Certificate from Drexel University School of Medicine for Clinical Research Organization Management.

Andi is dedicated to Veracity Logic’s clients, helping them select the right IRT modules for their study to provide the most efficient, user-friendly system and making sure their deadlines are met.

Bob Summers is an International Key Accounts Manager responsible for fire retardant flooring sales into the rail, marine and bus and coach sectors. His responsibilities include developing relationships with manufacturers, industrial designers and service providers whilst offering the full portfolio of fire retardant flooring and wall covering products along with the associated services on offer from Forbo Flooring Systems. Bob started his career in flooring, working for a contractor, and joined Forbo UK in 1994 as an area sales manager. After a few years he developed the business in the passenger carrying vehicle fire safety sector and built close contacts with the rail Industry in particular. During his career with Forbo Bob has been instrumental in developing further flooring products and installation services that meet the high fire safety standards that are required in the three segments. Bob lives in the North West of England with his wife. Today he is committed to this specialist flooring sector and to his position as International Key Accounts Manager within the Forbo transport team.

Shawn Murtough is an EU Qualified Person. Having graduated with a doctorate in pharmaceutical microbiology, he has worked in various roles within the pharmaceutical industry for the last nineteen years. He has over ten years’ experience working as a qualified person with both traditional small molecule drug products and novel therapies. In recent years he has specialised in cold chain logistics for clinical trials. This has entailed handling a wide range of product types including, cell therapies, viral vectors, monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.