Lynne Dunbrack

Program Director, Provider/Health Payer Research

IDC Health Industry Insight

Lynne Dunbrack is a nationally recognized thought leader in the application of information technology (IT) to the business problems of the health industry. Her understanding of industry needs is grounded in experience over the last 25 years working as a consultant and in the healthcare field. Dunbrack is a frequent contributor to industry publications such as Health Affairs, Managed Care Quarterly, Healthcare Review, Health Plan, and Healthcare Management Technology, and has been quoted by national media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, and San Jose Business Journal. She also speaks regularly at industry conferences. Dunbrack holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, and an MBA with a concentration in healthcare management and MSMIS from Boston University's Graduate School of Management.

Fraser Edward

Market Development Manager

Research In Motion

Judy Hanover

Research Manager

IDC Health Industry Insights

Judy Hanover provides research, market analysis and consulting on healthcare information technology, strategy and best practices for both the inpatient and ambulatory healthcare settings at Health Industry Insights. Her understanding of healthcare information technology is based on her experience working in the healthcare provider and payer vendor community, as well as her experience with healthcare IT end users. Ms. Hanover holds a BA in Chemistry from Harvard University, as well as an MBA, with concentration in Marketing, and an MS in Information Systems, from Boston University.

Kris Joshi

Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development

Oracle

Kris Joshi is the Head of Strategy and Business Development for Oracle Corporation's Health Sciences Global Business Unit. He leads the development of the company's growth strategy in the healthcare and pharmaceutical/biotech industries. He brings over a decade of experience in business and technology strategy, global operations, sales, marketing, and business transformation. Prior to Oracle, Kris served in senior strategy roles in IBM's Global Sales and Distribution organization, where he helped develop IBM's emerging markets strategy for China and India. He developed innovative business models for leveraging technology to improve healthcare in developing countries where cost and skills are major constraints. Prior to IBM, Kris spent several years as a consultant with McKinsey and Co, where he served Fortune 500 clients in Banking, Media, Healthcare and Life Sciences industries on business strategy issues. Kris has had a long-standing personal commitment to help bridge the gap between the social and commercial worlds through entrepreneurship, innovation, and public-private partnerships. He has championed numerous initiatives aimed at leveraging technology to improve the quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare globally. Kris holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Caltech, and a Ph.D. in Physics from MIT.

Joe LeBas

Vice President & General Manager, Americas

Vivisimo

Alan Louie, Ph.D.

Research Director

IDC Health Industry Insights

Research director, Dr. Alan Louie, is charged with spearheading Health Industry Insights' research service on the emerging opportunity for personalized health. In addition, he leads the company's research efforts focusing on technology and information technology (IT) innovations in drug discovery. Dr. Louie brings more than 23 years of technical, product development, and business consulting experience from the diagnostics and biotechnology industries, including specific expertise in technology due diligence, in vitro diagnostic technology and product development, integrated device product development, automated biological sample handling, and consumer product development and commercialization projects. Previously, Dr. Louie led applied biotechnology programs as Senior Manager at Arthur D. Little, Inc. In this role, he managed laboratory-based technology development programs, as well as provided content expertise to healthcare strategic consulting projects. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, he was responsible for the development and commercialization of more than 30 products for a variety of industries, including many first-in-class product offerings. A recognized thought leader in both the health and life sciences industries, Dr. Louie is a frequently sought-after speaker at top industry events, including DIA and Drug Discovery Technology World Congress. He is also a highly regarded resource for the news media, with quotes in such renown publications as the Boston Business Journal, The Boston Globe, Drug Discovery News, The Scientist, and The Wall Street Journal. He is a current member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, and DIA. Dr. Louie graduated with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Riverside and holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.

Scott Lundstrom

Vice President of Research

IDC Health Insights

As Research Vice President, Scott Lundstrom is responsible for managing Health Industry Insights research-based advisory and consulting offerings, which provide full coverage of the health care industry value chain, including payer, provider and life science segments. Lundstrom's experience has given him a thorough understanding of market dynamics, business strategies and processes, and technology solutions.Prior to joining Health Industry Insights, Lundstrom was a Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at AMR Research, where he was responsible for AMR's business process and technologies research teams, including ERP, supply chain, CRM, compliance and enabling technologies. He also worked with life science companies on corporate IT issues, including compliance, performance management, and infrastructure strategies, as well as new technologies, such as RFID and web services.Lundstrom's previous experience also includes leadership positions in software and business development at Visibility, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Powersoft and Andersen Consulting.Lundstrom is a regular speaker on the future of information technology in business, healthcare, life sciences, supply chain management, manufacturing, and compliance. He is also a source for the media on health care and life science issues and is often quoted by major publications such as USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, The Boston Globe and BusinessWeek.

Joe Marttila

Senior Director Life Sciences Solutions

I-many

Mr. Marttila has over 15 years of contract management experience in the Life Science, Food Service and Consumer Packaged Goods sectors. In 1994, Joe joined SCC, Inc. and was one of the original 20 employees that helped define the company that would later become I-many. He worked in various roles and was one of the original team members that helped design and market the CARSIS family of products. In 1997, Joe was named Manager of I-many's Support Services where he was responsible for building a team to provide support for the I-many family of products. Joe became the Director of Business Consulting in 1999 and used his experience at I-many to train and build a team of business consultants who were responsible for supporting the sales process. In 2004, Joe left I-many to consult with various pharmaceutical manufacturers, system integrators and software vendors including SAP America. In 2005, Joe joined Eleven Technology, a mobile solutions start-up based in Cambridge MA, and helped grow it to become a major player in the mobile solutions market until it was eventually acquired by Trimble Navigation in 2006. Joe returned to I-many in 2007 in the role of Senior Director of Business Consulting and was responsible for the management of the business consulting team. In 2010, Joe was named the Senior Director of Life Science Solutions, and will be responsible for the solution design of the I-many product offerings and joint partner development.

David Medina

Worldwide Life Science & Pharma Segment Executive

Hewlett Packard

As WW segment executive, David Medina leads a diverse organization committedto providing advanced technologies and services to the life science andpharmaceutical segment. He is responsible for HP's worldwide strategy, businessplanning, solution portfolio, go-to-market planning, representing HP on industrystandards and forums, and thought leadership for the life science industry.Medina was responsible for developing HP's Digital Discovery & DevelopmentPlatform which increases the efficiency of life science research by integratinggenomic, proteomic and clinical research data in order to enable translationalresearch. He was also instrumental in the development of HP's annual Health & LifeScience Symposium; a unique thought leadership forum focused on issuessurrounding IT adoption in healthcare for senior healthcare and life science leadersfrom across the globe.Prior to joining HP, Medina was Director of Business Development and Marketingfor Quintiles Consulting, working with the pharmaceutical and medical deviceindustry to bring products to market, where he held a Regulatory AffairsCertification (RAC). In addition, his experience includes diagnostics, diseasemanagement and medical management software in the payer and providermarketplaces. Prior to Quintiles, Medina held marketing and sales managementpositions with Medical Manager, Dianon Systems, and Confer Software.Based in Houston, Texas, Medina received a bachelor of science degree from theUnited States Coast Guard Academy and a master's degree in businessadministration (Finance) from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business.Medina is a member of the CDISC (Clinical Data Interchange StandardsConsortium) Advisory Board, HIMSS, the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society(RAPS), and participated as a moderator in the NCI's recent caBIG summit.

Michael Namoli

Director Life Sciences

Microsoft

Eric Newmark

Research Manager

IDC Health Industry Insights

Eric Newmark is a Research Manager for IDC's Health Industry Insights, where he manages the Business Systems Strategies program and Life Science Leading Indicators service. In this position, he provides research-based advisory and consulting services, as well as market analysis on key topics within the health and life science industry. Newmark's research expertise includes channel management, supply chain evolution, e-pedigree, RFID and identifying emerging technologies and market trends. Newmark joined IDC from AMR Research, where he held the position of Senior Research Analyst focusing on Supply Chain, CRM, Price Management, Web Self-Service and RFID. Prior to AMR, he held positions in application development, technical project management, and operations management at Siebel Systems Inc., Onlink Technologies and Easyware Software. Newmark is a widely recognized thought leader, quoted by such media outlets as Investor's Business Daily, CIO Insight, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and RFID Journal, and is a frequent contributor to Bio-IT World magazine. Newmark holds a BS in MIS and Finance from Babson College, as well as an MBA from the Boston University School of Management, with a certification in Strategic Business Analysis.

Ken Parmelee

Director, Applications

Antenna Software

Narendar Reddy

Divisional Manager LifeSciences

Syntel

Rajiv Sabharwal

Chief Solutions Architect

Infosys

Rajiv Sabharwal, Chief Solutions Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Infosys Technologies Ltd.As the chief solutions architect in the Infosys Healthcare and Life Sciences practice, Rajiv provides conceptual, functional and architectural guidance to solution initiatives in the practice.In his career spanning more than 16 years, Rajiv has managed more than 80 projects of various sizes, across different business areas and technology platforms. Rajiv has extensive experience in application development and solution architecting. Rajiv holds a bachelor's degree in technology and a management degree in finance.

Bill Sell

Vice President & General Manager

Life Sciences Technology Insight

Bill Sell has over 30 years in events and media management. At CrossTech, Bill oversees the Forums hosted events program group and the CrossTech Media portfolio of e-newsletter publications, conferences, ITEC-TV netcasts and strategic alliances.Bill's past leadership experience includes being a Vice President and General Manager of COMDEX, CeBIT America, and the VON events with responsibilities for audience development, program creation and event sponsorships and sales. Bill also served as the Vice President of Events with Fidelity Investment's Fidelity Capital/Seaport World Trade Center Boston; and as VP of Planning and Development at IDG's World Expo, with ComNet and MacWorld Expo as two of the key product groups.A frequent industry speaker on benefits of face-to-face marketing, Bill is a founding member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers and past chair of the New England chapter of the International Association for Exhibitions and Events.

Dr Ganesh Swaminath

Practice Director, Life Sciences

Syntel

Dr. Ganesh Saminath is the Practice Director for Life Sciences within Syntel's Healthcare and Life Sciences business unit. In this position, he is responsible for strategic analysis and consulting, designing and implementing solutions for Syntel's life sciences customers, managing client relationships, evaluating and developing potential partnerships and service offerings, and developing Syntel's intellectual property resources.Prior to joining Syntel in 2009, Dr. Swaminath was the General Manager and Principal Consultant for HCL Technologies' global Life Sciences practice, and he has held similar positions at Cognizant Technology Solutions and Spectrasoft. Dr. Swaminath also has eleven years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry, where he has tackled quality control, analytical methods, regulatory, and clinical instrumentation issues in roles ranging from research chemist to senior management.A frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, Dr. Swaminath holds a Master's in Science and a Ph.D. in Chemistry.

Ken Wickman

Executive Director, Global Account Executive

HP Enterprise Services

Dr. Windham-Bannister

President

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center