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Director, Clinical Data Science, ICON

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Twenty-five years of biotechnology, microbiology and clinical trial data management.  Areas of focus include recombinant, subunit, attenuated and whole cell bacterin and viral vaccines, cellular therapy, oncology, gout and biosimilar studies as well as monoclonal therapies.  Significant exposure to global team leadership, project management and data operations functional management support for local and global team members, including clinical data coordinators, clinical data scientist leads and functional managers.  Active member of Society of Clinical Data Management, working as conference co-chair for 2020 through 2023 annual general meetings as well as board of trustees member 2022 through 2024 working as academic committee liaison.

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Director, Pfizer

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Managing Director – Life Sciences R&D Operations, Accenture

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Shobhit Shrotriya is an experienced professional in Accenture’s Life Sciences R&D practice based out of Bangalore. He is an Engineer by training with a Masters in Industrial Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Professional (PMP).

With 21+ years of work-experience, Shobhit has extensive experience in Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Process Excellence and Innovation. Shobhit is a Subject Matter Expert who contributes to the solution development, process re-engineering, and implementation of life sciences outsourcing service delivery. With extensive experience in life sciences operations, he has managed end to end global projects and large customer accounts with an excellent track record of delivering mega-scale projects on time, under budget and with high standards of quality. Shobhit has a passion for talent and leadership development, driving employee engagement and retention while guiding teams to deliver on both strategic and operational objectives.

Shobhit has been associated with leading industry forums such as Project Management Institute (PMI), Drug Information Association (DIA) and Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) over the years where he has contributed both as a presenter and a session chair.
In his current role as Accenture Global Lead for Life Sciences R&D Operations, Shobhit is responsible for providing comprehensive domain expertise and driving standardization of processes and best practices across client teams.

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Chief Strategy Officer, CluePoints

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Richard has worked in data management for almost 30 years, and during that time has played key roles in a number of transformational projects – from leading early projects in EDC, to working for Medidata, Veeva and now CluePoints. Today, Richard leads the overall strategy for CluePoints and is focused on how to transform data into highly consumable, actionable insights, in effect re-shaping clinical research by leveraging data analytics to optimize processes, identify trends, and make informed decisions to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, or improve customer experiences within that industry.

Richard has been a strong supporter of the SCDM globally, taking leading roles in the Global Conference and the Innovation Committee, as well a previously helping to support the EU conference. He is now excited to join an incredible team, to further build on past successes in the SCDM India conference.