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Meet Our Precision for Medicine Leadership Teams

We believe an essential element in the success of your project will be the experience of our people
Here are our leaders and experts. Our experience runs as deep as our passion for patients. We are multi-faceted in our breadth of knowledge and collaborate as one team, across functions, to fit the needs of your project. With specialized expertise in the development of complex therapies, we are ready to go to work for you.

Meet our Precision for Medicine Leadership

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      Chad Clark

      President and Chief Operating Officer, Precision Medicine Group

    • Matt-Arnold-1

      Matt Arnold

      President, Translational Sciences

    • Sofia_Baig

      Sofia Baig

      President, Clinical Solutions

    • Jake-Graetz

      Jake Graetz

      Executive Vice President, Manufacturing Solutions

    • Matt Grow 1

      Matt Grow

      Chief Commercial Officer

    • Scott-Marshall-1

      Scott Marshall, PhD

      President, QuartzBio

    • Deb Phippard

      Deborah Phippard, PhD

      Chief Scientific Officer

    • Harpreet-Singh2

      Harpreet Singh, MD

      Chief Medical Officer

    • Sofia_Baig

      Sofia Baig

      President

    • Harpreet-Singh2

      Harpreet Singh, MD

      Chief Medical Officer

    • Nithiyanandhan-Ananthakrishnan-1

      Nithiya Ananthakrishnan

      Senior Vice President, Biometrics

    • Andrea Cotton

      Andrea Cotton-Berry

      Global Head of Strategic Development

    • Simon-Fleming

      Simon Fleming

      Executive Vice President

    • Carolyn Harley

      Carolyn Harley

      Head Operational Excellence

    • Katie-McGuire

      Katie McGuire

      Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Site Start-Up

    • SallyAnne Williams

      Sallyanne Williams

      Senior Vice President, Global Head Project Management

    • Matt-Arnold-1

      Matt Arnold

      President

    • Deb Phippard

      Deborah Phippard, PhD

      Chief Scientific Officer

    • YvoneBeasly

      Yvonne Beasley

      Vice President, Global Central Lab Services

    • Darren Davis

      Darren Davis, PhD

      Senior Vice President

    • Rob Fannon Headshot

      Rob Fannon, MPH, MBA

      General Manager, Biospecimen Solutions

    • Sven Olek

      Sven Olek, PhD

      Senior Vice President, Research

    • Amanda Woodroofe

      Amanda Woodrooffe, PhD

      Senior Vice President, General Manager UK Labs

    • Scott-Marshall-1

      Scott Marshall, PhD

      President, QuartzBio

    • Tobias-Guennel

      Tobi Guennel

      Senior Vice President of Product & Chief Architect, QuartzBio

    • Jared Kohler-1

      Jared Kohler

      Senior Vice President of Operations, Project Management, and Customer Success - QuartzBio

    • Messina Wiley

      Messina Wiley

      Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing - QuartzBio

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Chad Clark

President and Chief Operating Officer, Precision Medicine Group

Recognized industry leader with deep expertise spanning biomarker-driven clinical development, patient access and global market access. In addition to the role at Precision Medicine Group, Chad is also President of Precision for Medicine. In prior roles he has served as Chief Operating Officer of United BioSource Corporation and founder of DataPhaseIV. Proven ability to scale operations in response to client needs, adding the end-to-end capabilities necessary to support development and patient access to today’s complex therapies.
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Matt Arnold

President, Translational Sciences

Strategic, highly collaborative biotechnology industry veteran, driven by opportunities to bring life-changing therapeutics to patients. Over two decades of global, cross-functional biotech and pharmaceutical experience, across both rapid growth and mature organizations, including leadership positions at AVROBIO, AstraZeneca, and Amgen.
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Sofia Baig

President, Clinical Solutions

Exceptional strategic leader, adept at driving organizational change and delivering top- and bottom-line business growth. Expert in strategic account management, global clinical development operations, and delivering transformational change inclusive of people, processes, and technology. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including PharmaVoice 100 most inspiring leader in the life sciences industry, and as part of a team, the Catalyst Award for DEI work focused on improving women’s representation in senior leadership.
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Jake Graetz

Executive Vice President, Manufacturing Solutions

Industry leader focused on shaping corporate strategy and driving strategic initiatives for market-leading life sciences service providers. Skilled at identifying and pairing innovators to build cutting-edge integrated offerings. Outstanding track record of successfully steering cross-functional teams across a variety of critical operational initiatives.

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Matt Grow

Chief Commercial Officer

Visionary leader with a strong track record of fostering growth through commercial innovation and excellence. Drives sales by evolving the go-to-market model, landing and expanding key customer segments, and strengthening active client relationships. Proven expertise in biotech and pharmaceutical development spanning executive management, strategy, business development, sales, marketing and account management.
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Scott Marshall, PhD

President, QuartzBio

Industry authority on precision medicine-guided strategy and development, particularly in translational informatics, data science, and software development operations. Pioneer in SaaS management of complex streams of associated biomarker data and clinical sample inventories. Strategist across a variety of data-centric spaces, including development of complex biomarker signatures for use in patient selection.

Deb Phippard
Deborah Phippard, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Pharma industry veteran and expert at biomarker-driven clinical trial design and execution. Leader of biomarker and drug development programs for pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies, as well as the National Institutes of Health. Spearheaded the discovery of pharmacodynamic biomarkers and novel targets for inflammatory disease therapy.
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Harpreet Singh, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Industry-leading oncologist and demonstrated medical leader in precision medicine, novel trial design and innovative regulatory initiatives designed to expedite drug approvals. Draws on nearly a decade leading oncology and rare disease programs at the FDA. Former fellow at the National Cancer Institute and frequent featured speaker at ASCO and AACR. CDER technical authority on oncologic drug and biological products for thoracic and head and neck malignancies, neurologic tumors, pediatric solid tumors and rare tumors.
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Sofia Baig

President

Exceptional strategic leader, adept at driving organizational change and delivering top- and bottom-line business growth. Expert in strategic account management, global clinical development operations, and delivering transformational change inclusive of people, processes, and technology. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including PharmaVoice 100 most inspiring leader in the life sciences industry, and as part of a team, the Catalyst Award for DEI work focused on improving women’s representation in senior leadership.
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Harpreet Singh, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Industry-leading oncologist and demonstrated medical leader in precision medicine, novel trial design and innovative regulatory initiatives designed to expedite drug approvals. Draws on nearly a decade leading oncology and rare disease programs at the FDA. Former fellow at the National Cancer Institute and frequent featured speaker at ASCO and AACR. CDER technical authority on oncologic drug and biological products for thoracic and head and neck malignancies, neurologic tumors, pediatric solid tumors and rare tumors.
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Nithiya Ananthakrishnan

Senior Vice President, Biometrics

Visionary executive with a distinguished track-record fostering an environment of continuous innovation and growth through people-centric strategies. Data sciences leader focused on data analysis, visualization, and solutions to solve key issues in clinical trials. On a personal level, deeply committed to supporting educational excellence, particularly for underprivileged children.
Andrea Cotton
Andrea Cotton-Berry

Global Head of Strategic Development

Notable authority in global operations, dedicated to fostering team spirit of excellence and collaboration with internal and external partners. Veteran of the quest to improve oncology therapies and extend lives, including 15+ years in oncology drug development, building on 10 years in obstetrics and women’s health.
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Simon Fleming

Executive Vice President

Veteran of the pharmaceutical industry, fluent in all aspects of clinical trial management, including business development, strategic operations, process improvement, technology implementation and finance. Special focus on global quality management, data management, biostatistics and statistical programming operations.
Carolyn Harley
Carolyn Harley

Head Operational Excellence

Seasoned industry veteran focused on maximizing operational quality and efficiency across clinical research through people, process, and technology. Leads technical and process support for clinical systems, ensures strategic resource management, develops preferred provider relationships, and manages vendor governance activities.

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Katie McGuire

Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Site Start-Up

Seasoned pharma leader with extensive expertise in oncology drug development and early phase clinical development. Veteran across multiple therapeutic indications in a wide range of multi-country, full-service studies through every phase. Strong communicator and trained executive coach who thrives on change and excels under pressure.
SallyAnne Williams
Sallyanne Williams

Senior Vice President, Global Head Project Management

Long-standing project management leader dedicated to improving delivery across all phases of product development. Working on a global scale, applies strategic smarts to operational delivery and financial management. Recognized as one of the PharmaVoice 100, some of the industry’s most inspiring people, awarded in the “Change Agent” category.
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Matt Arnold

President

Strategic, highly collaborative biotechnology industry veteran, driven by opportunities to bring life-changing therapeutics to patients. Over two decades of global, cross-functional biotech and pharmaceutical experience, across both rapid growth and mature organizations, including leadership positions at AVROBIO, AstraZeneca, and Amgen.
Deb Phippard
Deborah Phippard, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Pharma industry veteran and expert at biomarker-driven clinical trial design and execution. Leader of biomarker and drug development programs for pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies, as well as the National Institutes of Health. Spearheaded the discovery of pharmacodynamic biomarkers and novel targets for inflammatory disease therapy.
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Yvonne Beasley

Vice President, Global Central Lab Services

Trusted industry leader with extensive experience in end-to-end biospecimen operational management, developing and leading operational teams of all sizes across multiple labs on a global scale. Deep knowledge of regulatory requirements. Delivery of operational excellence ensuring standardized processes and reliable and secure procedures for quality and efficiency.
Darren Davis
Darren Davis, PhD

Senior Vice President

Visionary leader with decades of distinguished biotechnology and clinical translational research experience. Founded ApoCell in 2004 and later was instrumental in developing and commercializing the ApoStream® rare-cell liquid biopsy technology. Globally recognized cancer researcher and the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. Dedicated and committed to improving the lives of patients with debilitating diseases.
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Rob Fannon, MPH, MBA

General Manager, Biospecimen Solutions

Respected veteran of the biospecimen and biomarker laboratory services industry. Honed his expertise through leadership roles in organizations including Roche, Cancer Genetics, and BioServe. Holds a Master of Public Health and a Masters of Business Administration from the Johns Hopkins University.
Sven Olek
Sven Olek, PhD

Senior Vice President, Research

Inventor, industry expert, founder and leader of Epiontis. Developed the patents forming the basis of Epiontis’s intellectual property. Conducted pre- and postdoctoral research at the Center for Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (ZMBH) of the University of Heidelberg, Germany and the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, San Diego, California, USA. Received a BSc from the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, and a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of London.
Amanda Woodroofe
Amanda Woodrooffe, PhD

Senior Vice President, General Manager UK Labs

Experienced leader of scientific operations for drug discovery in both the pharmaceutical and CRO industries. Driven to provide actionable data enabling biopharmaceutical research and development. Collaborative partner ensuring licensing and scientific support for corporate development initiatives.
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Scott Marshall, PhD

President, QuartzBio

Industry authority on precision medicine-guided strategy and development, particularly in translational informatics, data science, and software development operations. Pioneer in SaaS management of complex streams of associated biomarker data and clinical sample inventories. Strategist across a variety of data-centric spaces, including development of complex biomarker signatures for use in patient selection.

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Tobi Guennel

Senior Vice President of Product & Chief Architect, QuartzBio

Translational informatics visionary and creator of SaaS solutions supporting clinical sample inventory and biomarker data management. Drives technology innovation across data-centric spaces from complex biomarker signatures for patient selection to enterprise software solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Leads innovation for product management, product development, software engineering, product support, technical professional services, and solutions engineering.
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Jared Kohler

Senior Vice President of Operations, Project Management, and Customer Success - QuartzBio

Pioneer in SaaS solutions for biomarker data management with extensive expertise across translational research and biometrics operations in clinical studies. Subject matter expert in genomics. Focus on operations and project management. Authority in physical and virtual sample management, kitting, study logistics, assays, biomarker data management, clinical data management, EDC builds, biostatistics, and companion diagnostics.
Messina Wiley
Messina Wiley

Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing - QuartzBio

Marketing authority focused on developing strategic initiatives that build market value, create new business opportunities, and generate revenue growth. Skilled across all aspects of brand development, demand generation, competitive analysis, and product differentiation to amplify customer acquisition strategies. Working cross-functionally, creates go-to-market, product positioning and communications plans that move the needle.