Glen de Vries grew up in Manhattan, a nerdy kid who admired Richard Feynman, loved his TRS-80, and went to Carnegie Mellon University planning to study chemistry and computer science. A summer of molecular biology inspired him to switch his major to biology, and after graduation, he found himself in a lab at Columbia University, trying to help a productive distributed research team organize their data.
The geek in Glen was sure there must be a better way, and in partnership with Tarek Sherif, he co-founded a cloud-based clinical research company, Medidata Solutions, in 1999. Over the last eighteen years, Medidata has become a leading player in the clinical trials market; the New York-based company is today worth nearly $4 Billion.
Today, we’ll hear from Glen about the series of quite fortunate events that led to Medidata’s formation, the challenges he faced in breaking into a traditional conservative space, and the opportunities he sees at the intersection of precision medicine, digital health, and value based care. Listeners interested in learning more about Glen’s story are encouraged to listen to this interview with Glen on Janelle Anderson’s always-insightful Human Proof of Concept podcast.
We are delighted to host Glen on today’s show.
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This episode of Tech Tonics is sponsored by DNAnexus, the secure and compliant cloud platform that enables enterprise users to analyze, collaborate around, and integrate massive amounts of genetic and other health data.
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