Authors
Chief Product & Technology Officer, OptimizeRx
A founding member of TransCelerate BioPharma Inc. and a retired global clinical operations executive. During his career, he led worldwide clinical trial operations at Merck and held senior leadership roles at Sanofi, Genzyme, and Pfizer. He helped shape TransCelerate’s early strategy, governance, and project portfolio and served on its board as treasurer.
She is a senior director in data science and advanced analytics at IQVIA, where she leads a team developing predictive analytics with AI/ML, projections, precision targeting, and advanced statistical modeling. With over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, Zhoi specializes in translating patient-level data into actionable business insights through custom analytical solutions that integrate multiple data sources.
Prior to IQVIA, she held progressive leadership positions at NDC Health, Verispan, and SDI. Zhou holds a master of science in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama and a bachelor of material management from Northern Jiaotong University in Beijing, China.
CEO and board member of Consano Bio. He previously led IMV Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in oncology that was acquired in 2023. Before IMV, Andrew spent 7 years at Celgene, where he led corporate development and pipeline strategy for immunology, as well as business development and strategic alliances, working on deals from discovery to commercialization.
Andrew also spent more than 15 years at Merck, BMS, and Schering Plough in leadership roles across Asia Pacific, Europe and the US.
Consultant, Shabas Solutions LLC
Founder and CEO of NAYA Therapeutics.
VP, U.S. Thought Leadership & Innovation, IQVIA
Mitja Alexander Linss is the Head of Marketing for Karger Publishers
Rathi Suresh, PhD, is Vice President of Analytics at Komodo Health.
Yamini Misra, MBA is the Vice President, Management Consulting Practice, AESARA Inc.
Managing Partner, Litmys
Senior Manager at Simon-Kucher, Seoul
Consultant, New York, with Simon-Kucher & Partners’ life sciences division
Partner at Simon-Kucher, New York.
President, Shabas Solutions LLC
Is a principal in IQVIA global launch excellence. He has 15 years of experience in life sciences, advising clients in all major geographies on launch excellence, go-to-market design, brand and commercial strategy, and omnichannel customer engagement.
Founder and CEO, Safeguard Global
Sarah Bandy, PharmD, PhD is a Manager, Value Evidence, AESARA Inc.
Partner with Simon-Kucher’s Life Sciences division



