Helping biopharma manage modern trials

A technologist with over 25 years of industry experience, Raj Indupuri is responsible for establishing the eClinical Solutions vision and future-looking technology strategy. He is deeply passionate about fostering innovation to revolutionize the Life Sciences industry with ground-breaking technologies that will modernize clinical trials and bring treatments to patients faster. As an industry veteran who has been part of the evolution of Life Sciences and clinical data management for over two decades, Raj has an astute business vision to realize the digital future and enable progress and potential with data and analytics at the core of the company’s innovative products and solutions. Raj is responsible for the overall direction and management of the company and is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA from Boston University who firmly believes data is the new fuel that will drive human progress.

With over 20 years of experience in the medical and life science industries, Bob has built organizational strategies and processes for a myriad of organizations responsible for the collection of data including ePRO, Lab, IVR, and clinical data. As one of the founders of eClinical Solutions, he designs and implements strategies for the industry adoption of the technologies and services offered by the organization, as well as identifying and building strategic partner channels for business development. Bob’s unique interpersonal skills and drive in building positive company culture enables him to pursue his true passion, which is coaching, mentoring, and helping employees reach their personal and business objectives.

Sam has spent the past 20 years of his career leveraging cutting edge technologies to revolutionize clinical trials. In addition to software development, Sam has deep expertise in a diverse set of technologies including IT infrastructure, web technologies, information security, database design, business intelligence, big data platforms and analytics. As CTO at eClinical Solutions, he harnesses the power of software development, big data, AI and machine learning to help advance technology innovation in life sciences.

Marty has over 20 years of experience in business development in the life sciences industry and has implemented a multitude of sales strategies and processes for global service organizations. His experience ranges from developing sales and marketing strategies for both clinical technologies as well as clinical services. His passion is combining the creative and consultative to give eClinical’s clients an experience that is memorable, positive, and unique. Marty joined eClinical Solutions in 2009 and is responsible for global business development and customer success.

Vidhi is a dynamic marketing leader with 20+ years’ demonstrated success delivering innovative, impactful marketing strategies in the technology and clinical research market. With experience gained at IBM in both the hardware and the software groups, focused on market intelligence and marketing management, and at clinical research technology companies such as Medidata Solutions, ERT, Trialbee and AiCure, Vidhi has consistently focused on driving topline growth and brand strength for B2B companies.

Vidhi has a bachelor’s in economics with a minor in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a MBA in management and marketing from Columbia Business School. Vidhi was born in the UK and raised in Stavanger, Norway, and Jakarta, Indonesia, and has traveled across Europe and Asia.

Katrina Rice is an accomplished Chief Delivery Officer with an impressive career that spans over 25 years and includes advancement into increasingly demanding leadership roles. With a solid history of leading business transformations and managing global portfolios, she is as much at home scaling operations as she is in developing strategies that drive revenue growth. At eClinical Solutions, Katrina was recently promoted from Executive Vice President of Professional Services to Chief Delivery Officer. She has previously held various technical roles at Lockheed Martin Energy Group and Bayer. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with Advanced Applications from the University of New Haven. In her free time, Katrina is an active participant of Chief, a private network for women in senior leadership roles, Treasurer in her church where she oversees all financial aspects and a Member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community.

A hands-on, collaborative leader in finance, Stephen Connolly has a proven track record of driving strategic financial initiatives to optimize business performance and maximize profitability. Stephen began his career at PwC, where he worked with a variety of public and private companies. The majority of his extensive experience in financial leadership has been at companies focused in technology, education, and the life sciences. Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley University and is a CPA.

Nicholas Gerteisen is a cybersecurity leader with over 15 years of experience in developing, implementing and optimizing cybersecurity programs protecting digital health, medical technology and SaaS organizations. Nicholas has experience leading large-scale security transformations, regulatory compliance initiatives and risk management programs for global organizations.

Nick has built and scaled cybersecurity teams, integrating security frameworks into product development lifecycles and ensuring compliance across multiple domains such as FedRAMP, SOC2, GDPR and HIPAA-HiTrust. His expertise spans Governance Risk & Compliance, Identity and Access Management, Security Operations, Threat Modeling, Threat Intelligence, Cloud Security, Product and Application Security and Secure SDLC-DevSecOps.

Previously serving in leadership roles at Smith + Nephew, Insulet Corporation and Mark43, he has influenced medical technology cybersecurity standards, collaborated with regulatory bodies and driven innovative security strategies for enterprise and product security. Nicholas continues to influence the future of digital and medical cybersecurity practices through speaking or chairing multiple cybersecurity and industry events per year.

Venu Mallarapu is a digital innovation leader with over two decades of experience in business and IT advisory, strategic consulting, relationship, and delivery management to global life sciences organizations. As eClinical Solutions’ Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Venu is responsible for strategic development to meet global demand for the company’s platform and service offerings. He brings his expertise in collaboration and building teams to drive adoption, market expansion and innovation of the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud and eClinical’s Biometrics Services, ensuring current and future clients recognize value as industry needs evolve. Venu is a subject matter expert in Clinical, Regulatory, Quality and Safety & Pharmacovigilance functions, and has delivered Strategy & Transformation Advisory Consulting to top global Pharma, Biotech, Vaccine, and Medical Devices clients. He has spoken at various Life Sciences and Tech industry events and is a recognized thought leader in R&D with published articles.

Nathan Johnson is Vice President of Product Management at eClinical Solutions. With 20 years of experience in clinical research, Nathan is an accomplished innovator and programmer with deep expertise in statistical analysis, SAS programming, standards development, and data management. He is passionate about revolutionizing clinical trials through digital transformation, intelligent technologies, and enhanced automation. Nathan holds a Master’s degree in Biostatistics from Case Western Reserve University.

Sreekanth Gudapati is Vice President, elluminate Services at eClinical Solutions, where he ensures that the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud meets the digital-clinical data strategy needs of elluminate clients. He brings over 15 years of deep industry knowledge, including expertise in ETL development, data warehouses and repositories, data analytics and visualization.

Gary has over 30 years of experience as a business and HR leader, including extensive experience in both internal HR leadership roles as well as consulting practice leadership roles for a range of industries including professional services, software, health care, and financial services. At eClinical Solutions Gary leverages people, process, and technology to improve business performance. Bringing his unique combination of HR, consulting and business management backgrounds to his role at eClinical, Gary is a proactive leader who is passionate about aligning HR and business strategy.

Kasey is an accomplished leader with over 15 years of experience in software project management and implementation. As VP, Implementation Services at eClinical Solutions, she is responsible for oversight of elluminate Services Project Management and Implementation Consulting. She brings a dedicated focus to the whole customer experience and supporting long-term partnerships with our sponsors. Prior to joining eClinical in 2016, Kasey served in progressive project management roles at erecruit and Infrared5 Inc. Kasey is PMP certified and holds an MBA from the University of Denver.

Chandra Koduru is an established leader with ~ 25 years of experience in the IT Industry, playing various roles across technology, project management, delivery management, human resources, and operations. As VP & Head, India Operations at eClinical Solutions, he is responsible for leading sustainable and highly effective delivery teams and corporate functions in India and supporting the organization’s competitiveness in the global markets by creating, aligning, and scaling organizational objectives and driving growth.

With 25 years of experience in corporate transactions and business law, Jay has represented a variety of clients (individuals, companies, entrepreneurs, lending institutions, borrowers, buyers and sellers) in numerous areas. He is licensed to practice before the state and federal courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He currently serves as General Counsel for eClinical Solutions LLC, where he is responsible for all contracts and agreements with customers, vendors and employees, as well as technology licensing, intellectual property, data privacy, insurance, and risk and compliance matters. He volunteers his time as Chair of the YMCA of Greater Nashua Board of Trustees and as a coach for youth baseball, soccer and basketball.

Dave Kreter is a Managing Director of GI Partners. He currently serves on the boards of eClinical Solutions, Rectangle Health, Clinical Ink, and Netsmart. He previously served on the boards of Generate Life Sciences, Logibec, AdvoServ, and a skilled nursing operator. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Kreter was with Francisco Partners in Menlo Park where he focused on private equity investments in the technology and healthcare industries. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking for Lehman Brothers’ Technology M&A group in Menlo Park. Dave holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University.

Travis Pearson is a Managing Director of GI Partners and Co-Head of the Private Equity strategy. He has investment responsibilities for, and currently serves on the boards of eClinical Solutions, Euna Solutions, Rectangle Health, Daxko, Aras, Sectigo, Insurity, Togetherwork, Doxim, Flexential, and MRI Software. He is also responsible for developing the Firm’s Portfolio Operations Program. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Pearson spent 15 years at Bain & Company, where he advised leading firms in technology, media, and telecommunications. He also worked with top private equity firms on over 100 transactions, and served GI Partners on a variety of successful investments. Mr. Pearson played several leadership roles at Bain, including serving as the head of the Technology practice for the Americas.

Nathan Lipkin is a Director with the private equity investment firm GI Partners, and he focuses primarily on healthcare technology and life sciences. Nathan’s board directorships include Netsmart Technologies, Rectangle Health, and Clinical ink. Nathan also serves on the Board of Directors for Alternative Family Services, a child welfare agency focused on kids in need in Northern California. Prior to GI Partners, Nathan worked for Jefferies in its investment banking practice. He holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MBA in Health Care Management from The Wharton School.

Ms. Klerr has 30+ years of extensive industry experience spanning the CRO, pharma and biotech industries across operations, business development and executive leadership. Ms. Klerr’s most recent role was President of Global Operations for ICON’s Biotech Division post-acquisition of PRA HealthSciences where she was the Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer for Global Operations, Strategic Solutions (FSP) and Early Development Services. Prior to joining PRA in 2008, she held the position of Vice President of Clinical Operations & Development at InfaCare Pharmaceuticals for pediatric drug development. Ms. Klerr had previously spent 13 years with Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPD) in a variety of senior leadership roles in operations and key account management. Prior to starting her career in the CRO industry, she worked for both Otsuka and Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Klerr has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Klerr is currently serving on several boards in the pharma services space and is an advisor to PE firms and portfolio companies. Having worked in both the private and public sectors as a C-suite executive across operations and business development globally, she is well versed in business, financial, and implementation strategies for organic growth, acquisitions and mergers, integration, labor arbitrage, talent management, clinical technology, patient centric strategies, risk mitigation, and overall corporate development

Mark A. deLaar is a Managing Director with global growth equity investor Summit Partners, and he focuses primarily on the healthcare services & technology and life sciences sectors. Mark’s board directorships and investment experience includes Advance Health (acquired by New Mountain Capital), Anesthetix (acquired by TeamHealth), Autobase (acquired by Dominion Enterprises), Club Champion, COMS Interactive (acquired by PointClickCare), EHE Health, Fermentas International (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), Immco Diagnostics (acquired by Trinity Biotech), MDVIP, Modernizing Medicine, My Dentist Holdings (acquired by Heartland Dental Care), OB Hospitalist Group (acquired by Ares Management) and Surgical Affiliates Management Group (SAMGI) and Wellcentive (acquired by Philips). Prior to Summit, Mark worked for DB Alex Brown, Banc of America Securities and Public Financial Management, and he served in the United States Army. He holds a BS from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

A technologist with over 25 years of industry experience, Raj Indupuri is responsible for establishing the eClinical Solutions vision and future-looking technology strategy. He is deeply passionate about fostering innovation to revolutionize the Life Sciences industry with ground-breaking technologies that will modernize clinical trials and bring treatments to patients faster. As an industry veteran who has been part of the evolution of Life Sciences and clinical data management for over two decades, Raj has an astute business vision to realize the digital future and enable progress and potential with data and analytics at the core of the company’s innovative products and solutions. Raj is responsible for the overall direction and management of the company and is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA from Boston University who firmly believes data is the new fuel that will drive human progress.

With over 20 years of experience in the medical and life science industries, Bob has built organizational strategies and processes for a myriad of organizations responsible for the collection of data including ePRO, Lab, IVR, and clinical data. As one of the founders of eClinical Solutions, he designs and implements strategies for the industry adoption of the technologies and services offered by the organization, as well as identifying and building strategic partner channels for business development. Bob’s unique interpersonal skills and drive in building positive company culture enables him to pursue his true passion, which is coaching, mentoring, and helping employees reach their personal and business objectives.