2026 R&D Summit – Speakers
Boston | October 20-21, 2026
Powerful Community, Fresh Ideas
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Torkil Fredborg
Eli Lilly and Company
Associate VP, Regulatory Delivery & Excellence
Andreas Rauscher
Merck & Co.
Executive Director Veeva Platform & Partnership
Rachel Nering
Sanofi
Global Head of Early Development Clinical Operations and the Head of eDevelopment
Elizabeth Humes
UCB
Head Global Pharmacovigilance Reporting Operations
Jonas Maselis
UCB
Head of Digital Technology Patient Safety
Marc Gabriel
Veeva
Vice President, Regulatory
Peter Gassner
Veeva
Founder and CEO
Jared Katz
Veeva
Senior Director, Development Cloud Strategy
Pat McQueen
Veeva
Chief Technology Officer
Session Speakers
Melody Chessia
Accumulus Technologies
Director of Product Management
Manish Sikligar
Amgen
Director, Technology Strategy Lead
Wolfgang Bradler
Amgen
Executive Director, Technology – Veeva Enterprise Lead
Petra Cramer
Amgen
Director, Clinical App and Analytical Services
Harshal Mahajan
Amgen
Senior Manager, Data Management
Tine De Pla
Amgen
Development Operations Innovation Director
Randhir Singh
Amgen
Senior Manager, Technology Veeva Governance Lead
Peter Silas
AMR-Clinical
Principal Investigator and Regional Medical Director
Dawn Cox
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director, Pharmacovigilance Operations
Joe Wong
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vice President, Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance
Sadia Chaudhry-Zutshi
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.
Regulatory Technical Writer
Debbie Stanier
AstraZeneca
Senior Director, Regulatory Systems
Robert Bergann
Bayer
VP, Clinical Digital Transformation
Emma Earl
Bayer
Head of Clinical Trial Management Services and Solutions
Swathi Veluri
Bayer
Head Of Data Provisioning
Christopher Doan
BeOne Medicines
Associate Director, Global Regulatory Solutions Enablement
Sharon Chan
Biogen
Director, Global ICSR Processes and Systems
Shane Dickinson
Bora Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director, Global Quality Systems
Angie Badgett
Celerion
Executive Director, Global Project Management & Strategic Solutions
Dylan Berger
Celerion
Veeva Vault Administrator
Megan Shannon
Celerion, Inc.
Director, Clinical Data Management – EDC
Staci McDonald
Celerion
Vice President Global Scientific Clinical Operations
Dan Schell
Clinical Leader
Chief Editor
Michael Epstein
Cytokinetics, Incorporated
Executive Director, Regulatory Operations and Submission Management
Shailesh Thapa
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
Director, Analytical Operations and QC
Charles Brunet
Disc Medicine
Director, Clinical Quality Control
Todd Gerig
Eli Lilly and Company
Product Owner, RIM Publishing
Ashik Sunny
Eli Lilly and Company
Manager, Global Regulatory RD&E
Nancy Wetzel
Eli Lilly and Company
Director, Clinical Trial Foundations, Clinical Result Systems
Nihar Baxi
Emergent BioSolutions
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Praveen Vangeti
Exelixis
Executive Director, IT – Drug Development, Supply Chian and Quality
Melanie Hullings
Formation Bio
Director, Data Management & Analytics
Robert Windsor
Fortrea
Senior Quality Metrics & Data Analyst
Jennifer Ly
Gilead Sciences
Director, Quality Systems
Michael Morad
Gilead Sciences
Executive Director, Quality
Brian Grant
GSK
Sr Dir, Regulatory Systems Operations
Bob Reid
GSK
Product Owner, Senior Manager
Kathy Roberts
Incyte
Vice President, Global Pharmacovigilance
Eric Hardy
Indero
Senior Director, Biometrics
Vanessa Flemming
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Assistant Director, GxP Quality Systems | GMP Vendor Management
JT Soley
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Assistant Director, Development IT Portfolio
Sabrina Steffen
IQVIA
Vice President, Head of Clinical Data Management and Data Sciences Innovation
Tara Foltz
Johnson & Johnson
Manager, Clinical Trial Learning & Training
Stephen van Arcken
Kailera Therapeutics
Associate Director, Clinical Systems
Dee DeOliveira
Kailera Therapeutics
Senior Director, Regulatory Operations
Sandi Harrison
Keenova Therapeutics
Director eTMF & Inspection Readiness
Kailash Rathi
Kindeva
Director of Global Quality Systems and Engineering
Joseph McDonnell
Merck & Co.
Senior Director Health Registration Management
Jody McNaughton
NMDP
Senior Application Business Owner
Jared Lantzy
Novavax, Inc.
Executive Director, Global Regulatory Affairs Operations
Catherine Munera
Oruka Therapeutics
Vice President, Biometrics
Jennifer Budich
Pacira BioScience
Director, Clinical Data Management
Christie Wilkins
Parexel
Senior Director, Solution Enablement, Operational Excellence
Emma Meagher
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Vice Dean, Clinical and Translational Research
Gisele Fahmi
Pfizer
Director, QC Operations Digitization and Master Data (IMOQ)
Amha Lawson
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Senior Manager, Regulatory Information Management & Innovation
Amy Keum
Roche
Senior Regulatory Submission Manager
Erin Stackowitz
Sanofi
Senior Director, Clinical Digital Transformation Implementation Lead
Jamison Johnson
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
Associate Director, Clinical Systems
Kelci Miclaus
Snowflake
Head of Life Sciences AI
Kelsey Edwards
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Director, RIM
Ryan Hernandez
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director, Head of Global Regulatory Operations
Matthew McMenamin
The Sentinel Consulting Group LLC
Principal
Brook Darnell
Tolmar Inc
Senior Quality Systems Specialist – Training
Arash Naeim
UCLA
Chief Medical Office for Clinical Research
Michelle Royals
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director, QMS and Compliance
Ilona Barskaya
Votum Consulting
Managing Partner
Anthony Ochoa
Votum Consulting
Managing Partner
Eric Zubee
Zubee Consulting Inc
President / Principal Consultant
Peter Alcocer
Veeva
Director of eLearning Compliance
Crystal Allard
Veeva
Senior Director, Government Strategy
Igor Altman
Veeva
Vice President, Product Management eCOA
Brad Arnold
Veeva
Director, Product Management, Falcon Writer
Mark Arnold
Veeva
Directory, Product Management – Developer Experience
Reeves Bell
Veeva
Developer Support Engineer
Nicole Bradley
Veeva
Product Expert
Kimberly Brown
Veeva
Solution Consultant, Site Solutions
Stephen Chelladurai
Veeva
Director of Product Management
Ryan Clemens
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant, Quality
Rylan Collins
Veeva
Head of R&D Business Consulting
Erin Coppola
Veeva
Senior Product Manager
Anthony Corso
Veeva
Vice President, Public Policy
Eldar Curovic
Veeva
VP, Product Management
Paola DePaso
Veeva
Senior Director, QualityDocs Strategy
Mike Edwards
Veeva
Director, Batch Release Strategy
Mike Ferrell
Veeva
Principal Product Expert, Vault Platform
Kelly Finlan-Dansbury
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Registrations
Alice Foltyn
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant
Tom Frattarola
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant
Nick Frenzer
Veeva
General Manager, Site Solutions
Drew Garty
Veeva
Chief Technology Officer, Clinical Data
Graham Gelwicks
Veeva
Senior Director of Product, Vault Platform
Joby George
Veeva
Director, Product Management, LIMS
Nader Girgawy
Veeva
Director, Regulatory Strategy
Ruben Gottardi
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant, Validation Management
Lisa Greene
Veeva
Principal Product Manager
Andy Han
Veeva
SVP Products, Vault AI and Vault Platform
Jason Hardin
Veeva
Senior Product Manager
Jim Horstmann
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Veeva eTMF
Manaphan Huntrakoon
Veeva
Senior Director of Product Management
Crystal Isgro
Veeva
Senior Director, Regulatory Strategy
Eric Jacobson
Veeva
Senior Manager, North American Solution Consulting, Clinical Data
Kevin Johns
Veeva
VP, Global Clinical Operations Business Consulting
Ancy Johnson
Veeva
Principal Business Consultant
Amos Kendall
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Vault Platform
Taylor Kiakotos
Veeva
Principal Consultant, North America R&D Business Consulting
Ryan Kimble
Veeva
Senior Product Manager
Nick Klatt
Veeva
Senior Solutions Consultant
Justin Lavimodiere
Veeva
Senior Director, Veeva LIMS Strategy
Ray Letulle
Veeva
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data
Cindy Ling
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Vault AI (RIM)
Fernando Londoño
Veeva
VP, Global Quality Business Consulting
Radha Maharaj
Veeva
Product Manager, Submissions Publishing
Alex Margolis
Veeva
Principal, Quality Business Consulting
Alison Marjanowski
Veeva
Senior Director, Veeva Labeling
Jim Markley
Veeva
Director, TMF Strategy
Eric Matelyan
Veeva
Developer Support Engineer
Lucy McCanna
Veeva
Solution Consultant, Clinical Data
Rich Merrick
Veeva
Vice President, Product Management, Regulatory
Jason Methia
Veeva
Vice President, Falcon Clinical and Head of TMF
Chad Mills
Veeva
Solution Consultant, Veeva Batch Release
Kaitlyn Moore
Veeva
Senior Product Manager
Kayla Mujkanovic
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Clinical Operations
Angela Nguyen
Veeva
Product Manager, Regulatory
Carl Ning
Veeva
Senior Director, Veeva QMS Strategy
Sarah O’Hora
Veeva
AVP, Clinical Operations Business Consulting
Graham O’Keeffe
Veeva
General Manager, LearnGxP
Mrinal Pahwa
Veeva
Associate Vice President, Global Safety Business Consulting
Pratyusha Pallavi
Veeva
Executive Director, Falcon Regulatory Strategy
Cindhuja Pandian
Veeva
Associate Vice President, Global Clinical Data Business Consulting
Rachael Payne
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant
Kristie Petrella
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant, Veeva LIMS
Chris Pontisso
Veeva
Director – Product Management
Alexis Pyles
Veeva
Senior Solution Consultant, eCOA
Nina Ricciardelli
Veeva
Senior Director, Validation Management Strategy
Taylor Richardson
Veeva
Product Manager, Submissions
Luke Rooney
Veeva
Associate Vice President, Global Regulatory Business Consulting
Erita Rothschild
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Site Connect
Lena Schafer
Veeva
Director, Regulatory Strategy
Brian Sohmers
Veeva
Senior Director, Product Management, Veeva Batch Release
Caríosa Switzer
Veeva
Product Manager, Registrations
Beth Tanner
Veeva
Vice President, EHS Strategy
John Tanner
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, RIM Connections
Nick Tasse-Guillen
Veeva
Director, Product Management, Labeling
Nathan Thomas
Veeva
Associate Vice President, R&D Business Consulting
Joseph Traficanti
Veeva
Director, Regulatory Strategy
Cooper VanLare
Veeva
Vice President Product
Bryden Waggott
Veeva
Vice President Product – EHS
Jordan Williams
Veeva
Senior Product Manager, Falcon
Jon Young
Veeva
Senior Director, Strategy, Clinical Data (SMB)
Advance Life Sciences R&D and Quality
Boston | October 20-21, 2026