Archives: Speakers

Madhu Kumar Komuravelli

Worked in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech/CRO industry since last 25 years with more than 23 years of experience in the Clinical Data Management area on both Sponsor & CRO Side. Successfully led multi-faceted data management project teams to globalize clinical data management processes, systems & organizations and currently working at Bluerock Therapeutics as the Head of Data Management / Director, Data Management. Handled and supported several Clinical Studies (Phase 1 to Phase 4) across various therapeutic areas like Immunology, Oncology, CV, CNS, & Rare diseases. Completely familiar with technology and its role in the Clinical Data Management space and performed/supported several technology related initiatives.

Ingo Kraft

After spending more than 20 years in the public switching industry, Ingo Kraft founded KraftCom in 1999. His goal is to stay at the cutting-edge of hotel guest infotainment solutions, which led KraftCom to become one of the leading system suppliers for in-house networks and digital guest-facing applications. He studied computer science with emphasis on software architecture.

Tankut Turhan

Tankut Turhan is founder & CEO at Nevotek. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He worked reputable global technology companies throughout his career. Under his entrepreneur leadership and with his extensive international experience in Unified Communications Systems, Nevotek evolved to be a global company serving Hospitality, Healthcare, Marine sectors.

Thomas Gray

Focused on the development and execution of Flint Group Packaging Inks’ Vision, Strategy & Marketing, Thomas works cross-functionally with stakeholders across our global operations. Having previously worked for a packaging converter, Thomas’ understands the opportunities and challenges of our time, across the industry.

Benjamin Köhler

Benjamin Köhler is Chief Sales Officer and Co-Founder of Betterspace, one of the leading 360 software providers of digital solutions for the hotel industry, the software company he co-founded has more than 800 customers in over 10 countries. With a lot of enthusiasm, the committed entrepreneur continues to push the internationalization of the tec supplier.

Alessandro Tonchia

Alessandro is the Head of Strategy at InvestCloud Private Banking & Wealth, focusing on building and maintaining long-term relationships with major clients. He is passionate about developing client offerings that improve sales, advice and client relations via digital technology and artificial intelligence. He has a keen interest in sustainability and the impact financial institutions can have in this area. Alessandro has been instrumental in the development of InvestCloud’s ESG offering. 

Alessandro is co-founder of Finantix, a firm that InvestCloud acquired earlier in 2021 as part of a merger to create the next-generation SaaS wealth solutions platform. Prior to establishing Finantix, he was a consultant specialising in the areas of process management, collaboration and CRM.

Alessandro holds a degree in Physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. In addition, he also studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Sahar Roshan

Clinical Operations Leader with extensive industry and clinical trial management experience with ability to manage high-performance teams and develop cost effective solutions.

Experience covers a multitude of aspects of clinical programs in Phase I, II, III, IIIB, and IV, globally.

Ethical and sequential problem solver with multi-therapeutic acumen in clinical study management;
and a proven track record of establishing, strengthening, and improving the processes and infrastructures through interfacing with various arms of organizations including Regulatory Affairs, CMC, Project Management Teams, and other KOLs and clinical team members.

Jose Lobo

Experienced Supply Chain professional and Certified Lean Greenbelt Champion with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. Skilled in Supply Chain Strategy, Operations Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, and Continuous Improvement.

Tao Zhang

A result-oriented technical leader with extensive drug product (solid oral, oral liquid, parenteral) development experience ranging from Discovery Support through clinical development.

  • Direct experience in managing multiple CDMOs to plan, coordinate, and execute external drug product development and manufacturing activities.
  • Proven record of excellence at project management, workflow development, innovative technology implementation, and timeline/budget management.
  • Technical expertise: pre-formulation, formulation and process development, biopharmaceutics, and PBPK modeling.
  • Broad knowledge in drug development and direct experience in managing CMC team functions within multi-disciplinary (Discovery, CMC, Drug Safety, DMPK, Clinical Operations) development team.
  • Highly collaborative, change-agile, and strong problem-solving ability in a fast-paced matrix environment.