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Director – Clinical Data Sciences , Bioforum 

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Bilingual dentist with nine years of experience in Clinical Data Management, Data Science, and Data Analysis. With a Master’s in Project Management, he has played a key role in global clinical trials, supporting teams and sponsors to ensure efficient and high-quality data processes. As the Director of Clinical Data Sciences at Bioforum, Luis leads the development of the data science team in Colombia, focusing on innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. His expertise spans ICH-GCP standards, global team coordination, and optimizing clinical research workflows. Passionate about leveraging data to drive meaningful insights, Luis is dedicated to building strong teams, streamlining processes, and enhancing decision-making in clinical research.

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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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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.