Dr. Mark Demesmaeker

At Cytiva my role is to create and continuosly evolve Cytiva's portfolio of advanced digital products and services - pushing the boundaries of digital process development and Biomanufacturing of life saving drugs and vacines.

At PerkinElmer Informatics I am responsible for developing and implementing the global analytics product strategy and services portfolio to drive analytics across healthcare, life and physical sciences markets. My role includes defining the go-to-market strategy, development of external collaborations (including potential partnership and strategic acquisitions), as well as thought leader relationships to manage and effect technology assessment and platform development.

At IBM my role was to lead Life Science Analytics within the central EMEA region, shaping the delivery team and go to-market strategy around eHealth and Real-World Evidence in close cooperation with the IBM Watson Health Unit.

I am currently managing EMEA & Asia Operations of Integrated Clinical Systems Inc. ICS has developed JReview®, the most comprehensive clinical review and -analysis software tool in the market. It provides an intuitive user interface to perform the tasks required to conduct safety and efficacy review, as well as risk-based monitoring activities through clinically relevant reports and interactive data visualizations.

- Practice lead in advanced analytics - injecting subject matter expertise to all phases of the sales and delivery cycle. Define innovative and predictive analytic applications solving business-critical issues in the Life Sciences, Energy, Financial Services, Consumer Goods & Retail (CPR) and Telco, Media & Networks industries. - EU Press- and Analyst spokesperson for TIBCO Spotfire

- Manage/grow TIBCO Spotfire’s EMEA solutions consulting organization - covering various markets, such as pharmaceuticals/life sciences, financial services, energy, high-tech manufacturing, and telecommunications. - Manage business analytics consulting engagements with numerous global Pharmaceutical- and Biotech corporations, aimed at optimizing business analytics processes as well as the performance of R&D-, and sales & marketing organizations. - Technical/scientific field marketing - EU Press- and A

- Global pre-sales consulting with Spotfire’s strategic life science customers, positioning and designing data analytics workflows across all verticals within pharmaceutical R&D (genomics, proteomics, screening, medicinal chemistry, pre-clinical-, and clinical development (phases I-IV)). - Speaker at multiple international scientific congresses and seminars. - Development of Spotfire product- and market strategies for life science R&D.

- International Pharmacopoeia - WHO expert committes on quality of pharmaceutical products - International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceuticals - International Conference on Harmonization (ICH)

- Teaching: Medicinal chemistry & pharmacology; Lab research in drug metabolism & carcinogenesis

Ph.D. Thesis in Pharmacokinetics/Drug Metabolism & Medicinal Chemistry - Postdoc