Archives: Speakers

Alan is Crawford Partnership’s Managing Director, having founded the company in 1997. He has 30-years’ experience working in architecture, including time spend in the Middle East. Following previous practice experience, he founded the company and continues to work with incredibly passion, seeing the role as more of a vocation.

Working in the industry for over 15 years, Peter has helped hundreds of businesses to increase their operational efficiency and customer satisfaction with user experience deliverables. With clients such as Legal & General, Mercer and Shell, Peter and his team support businesses undergoing digital transformation to ensure their systems and digital products competitively meet the needs of their employees and customers.

Eric has been designing, developing, hosting and maintaining award-winning, small and largescale education portals for healthcare and science organizations for more than 25 years. As the General Manager of Consent Solutions, Eric works with his team, sponsors, sites, patients, IRB’s and regulatory authorities to continually develop and enhance a comprehensive informed consent platform and services for clinical trials, registries, biobanking and hospital procedures to a rapidly growing network of pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers. Recently, eConsent celebrated its 200th trial and has worked with over 2000 sites, 50,000 patients, and in 51 languages. Eric was named to the PharmaVoice 100 list of most inspiring and influential people in 2017.

Romiya Glover Barry is recognized for outstanding leadership in clinical research by a project manager by the ACRP, and is the winner of the silver award in the PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher of the Year competition. She is an MGHIHP ‘Forty for 40’ alumna making a difference in the world of health care and beyond.

Romiya has worked in various roles of progressive responsibility in the IVD and medical device industries. She has built a capability framework of technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills from her years of experience in product development, technical marketing, clinical trial project management, regulatory affairs, organisational leadership, and community health.

Levi Groner is responsible for the pharmaceutical division at the VAT IT Group. Levi has experience working closely with both large multinationals as well as smaller biotech and biopharma companies. His work revolves primarily in optimizing the VAT component of clinical trial related expenses in terms of compliance and recovery. Using a consultative approach he assist companies in navigating the VAT/GST elements of the supply chain. Typically removing the admin and complexities of VAT whilst creating a streamlined process and recovery function.

Cayce brings more than a decade of clinical research experience, working at sponsor companies, CROs, and investigative clinical trial sites. Cayce has worked on numerous Phase I-IV trials across therapeutic areas. She has undergraduate degrees in Biology and Mental Health and holds two Master’s Degrees in Microbiology and Clinical Research.

Zach Hales is a driven solutions provider with more than a decade of experience revolutionizing the manufacturing, payments and software landscapes.  As a Product Manager at Greenphire, Zach is responsible for ensuring the business strategy and software development consistently evolve to meet market demand while working closely with clients to facilitate change.  Exceeding customer value in the clinical research continues to be his primary focus in building Site Centricity and Patient Convenience.

Andrea is a senior-level strategic leader with 19 years of experience spanning clinical research, global quality assurance, strategic alliance management and business process optimization. She is responsible for driving strategic-level decisions that enable Teckro to challenge today’s status quo in the conduct of clinical trial research. She is also responsible for ensuring that Teckro products meet all regulatory requirements, including GCP and data privacy. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee.

Rita brings a decade of customer relationship experience. In her current role as Customer Success Manager, she provides strategic guidance to Teckro customers so they get the most value from their investment. Prior to Teckro, Rita was the project manager involved in the creation of the Health Research Institute at the University of Limerick, which conducts research to enhance health and wellbeing. Earlier in her career, Rita was a project manager for the National Treasury Management Agency, which manages the assets and liabilities of the Irish government.

Ozgur received his Ph.D. degree in biomedical sciences from UT Southwestern Medical Center. He continued on his research journey in academic and industry settings in the areas of microbiology, immunology, and cancer. Finally, because of his growing passion for clinical research, Ozgur joined MD Anderson Cancer Center where in addition to providing regulatory support, he works on protocol development for oncology clinical trials