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
