Jennifer is a Senior Engagement Consultant at Medidata and responsible for supporting the Study Design Optimization offering and Trial Assurance delivery. Jennifer possesses 20  years of diverse experience in the clinical and pharmaceutical industry where she held various roles across the Laboratory and Clinical R&D.

Prior to joining Medidata, the majority of her career was spent in Quality and Clinical Operations at a large CRO where she supported Clinical Operations and the Site and Study Management organizations in the following areas of expertise: global studies, education developer/trainer, technical systems support/validation/improvement/testing, extensive field experience, SOP development, clinical and project management, site management, data management, laboratory data, safety/pharmacovigilance, strategic conflict resolution/escalation, and quality including audit preparation/conduct and CAPA/risk management.

Megan is a Senior Engagement Consultant primarily focusing on Medidata's CTMS, RBM and Study Planning.

Megan has over 18 years of hands-on leadership experience in clinical operations, clinical site monitoring, CRA/monitoring team management, establishing and leading strategic innovation initiatives and work streams pertaining to site monitoring/management, establishing new SOPs/processes/procedures, quality plans, etc. 

Her last 7 years have been focused on Risk Based Monitoring, primarily at PRA Health and PPD.  Megan joined the CRO industry in 2001 as a clinical research associate, gaining valuable hands-on site monitoring experience.  Since then, she has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Director of Clinical Operations at Odonate Therapeutics.  Megan loves to grow teams and collaborate on innovative ways to improve processes.

Amanda is an Engagement Consultant at Medidata with a primary focus on Design Optimization, Site Grants Planning and Contracting and Payments implementations and best practices. 

After a 10+ year career in higher education, Amanda moved to the clinical development industry.  She brings over 7 years experience within the industry as a subject matter expert for study planning, budget development and payments solutions across all variety of sponsors and CROs. Additionally, she has deep experience in training, relationship management and business process development.

Amanda holds a Masters of Science degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from California University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors degree in English Writing from Concordia College.

Steven is a Senior Engagement Consultant primarily focusing on Medidata's Rave Payments Offering, Rave CTMS and Risk Based Monitoring.

With over 20 years in the Clinical Research industry, Steven has worked in both Pharma and CRO environments as a CRA and Global Project Manager and more recently was the Product Owner for CTMS, Metrics Reporting, Investigator Portal and eTMF solutions as well management of a global applications support team within a leading CRO.

Steven's skills include Clin Ops management, process engineering & management, software implementation change management and business operations management.

Steven holds a BSc. in Chemistry from Brunel University, UK.

Tim is a Senior Engagement Consultant at Medidata with over 15 years of experience in clinical research. Tim spent most of his clinical career working within Trial Management, TMF Services, Software Implementation, and Project Management. He has worked at PPD, RPS, PRAHS, and Transperfect. His role has been overseeing the in-house CRA support team, TMF Management, Study Start-Up, Feasibility, and most recently as the Director of Clinical Operations for TransPerfect's Trial Interactive suite of eClinical products. His most recent role with TransPerfect was focused on the successful delivery of the clinical services provided to clients with oversight specific to Project Management, TMF Audit readiness, Implementation/Configuration, and TMF Document Review Processing.

Tim's role with Medidata is supporting and consulting for clients with the use of the eTMF, CTMS, Investigator Payments, and Grants Manager.

Ken is a Managing Principal Engagement Consultant responsible for leading CTMS, Study Planning and RTSM offerings at Medidata.

Ken has over 25 years of experience in Clinical Research & Development from a variety of large to small pharmaceutical companies where he has held a variety of roles within Clinical Operations; SOPs, Training & Process Engineering; Electronic Data Capture (EDC)/Interactive Response Technology (IRT), CTMS and eTMF.  In these positions, Ken has been an SME in areas such as EDC, CTMS, IRT, Monitoring, and Process Improvement. Ken has been the Head of Global Clinical Operations for Bausch & Lomb, Caladrius BioSciences (formerly NeoStem), PTC Therapeutics, and most recently BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals.

Tina has over 20 years of Pharmaceutical R&D responsible for leading multiple, key global projects and clinical trials helping to bring products to market.  Her in-depth change management and clinical knowledge comes through experience providing strategic insight into overcoming change and improving organization performance. Prior to joining Medidata, Tina was a Global Head of Communications and Change Management has provided strategic insight into overcoming change and improving organizational performance.  Ms. Henderson holds undergraduate degrees in Communication and Nursing, along with a MS in Business and Human Relations and an MBA in Strategic Leadership. . 

Tina brings extensive change  management experience working in Pharmaceutical R&D responsible for leading multiple, key global projects and clinical trials helping to bring  products to market.

Cheryl Lichtenthal, RN MS, MBA, is a Principal Engagement Consultant at Medidata, with a focus on products and services for Risk Based Monitoring and process management

Cheryl has over 28 years of sponsor experience in the pharmaceutical industry in clinical R&D. Prior to joining Medidata, Cheryl was an Associate Director Process Project Manager within Quality and Continuous Improvement at Sanofi, which involved global responsibilities for quality and process improvement strategies including Pre-Approval Inspection efforts for two submissions and FDA inspection support.  Cheryl’s experience in clinical monitoring includes her role as Senior Regional Manager for the US and Puerto Rico at Sanofi and as a Senior Site Monitor at Sanofi and Wyeth-Ayerst. Cheryl was also a member of the Site Qualification and Training initiative for TransCelerate BioPharma, Inc. Over her career, Cheryl has held a number of leadership roles related to site monitoring and study management as well as training and resource management.

Cheryl holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

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Sas is a Senior Engagement Consultant with focus on Strategic Monitoring, Payments and mHealth. Sas has more than 12 years of experience in clinical research across academic institutions, enterprise pharma and clinical trial sites.

Immediately prior to joining Medidata, Sas was Research Operations Manager for a a UK based global clinical trials coordinating centre where he oversaw in-house trials conduct and global trials management. He was also product manager for a platform, incorporating EDC, RBM, Payments and patient engagement functionalities, for digital management of orthopaedic trials.

Sas holds an MSc in Healthcare Management from University of Surrey (UK) and a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from University of Leicester (UK).

Nicole has over 23 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry and clinical research.  Her in-depth data management and clinical knowledge comes through experience across Phase I-IV, Non-intervention and Medical Affair studies. Prior to joining Medidata, Nicole was a Process Integration Manager and Portfolio Oversight Strategist at Bayer Pharmaceuticals, where she supported the operationalization of all technical deliverables and processes for Bayer's clinical information and data analytics group.  Nicole also spent 18 years in clinical data management with increasing global responsibilities for Bayer’s study and project data management groups in Oncology, Cardiovascular, Immunology and Neurology. 

Nicole brings extensive experience in leading and managing global teams, clinical operations, training, system validation, portfolio implementation, process integration and change management.

Gary Thompson, MS, is VP, Strategic Consulting at Medidata Solutions, with focus on Medidata’s data/analytics and risk-based products and services.

 Gary has over 23 years of experience in the clinical research field in a variety of CRO, pharma, and technology company settings. Prior to joining Medidata, Gary was the Senior Director of clinical Data Sciences at Lilly, with global responsibilities for Lilly’s clinical data management, eSource, and central monitoring capabilities. Prior to joining Lilly, Gary held positions at Clintrials Research and Insite Clinical Trials. Over his career, Gary has held a number of leadership roles related to data management, clinical capabilities development, and statistics operations. His experiences have focused on clinical trial portfolio delivery, strategic sourcing, risk-based clinical development, process and technology development and implementation, and clinical development transformation via data, analytics, and automation. 

Gary holds a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Melissa brings over 17 years of experience working with dozens of global clinical trial organizations to increase efficiency and drive value in running clinical trials using technology. At Medidata, Melissa is responsible for consulting, training, and supporting clients in clinical development, particularly in dealing with the aspects of data anomaly detection and study execution. Prior to joining Medidata, Melissa served as a data manager and technical analyst at Merck and Co., where she was responsible for building studies, managing lab vendors, supporting ePRO technologies, and leading medical coding teams.

Melissa holds a Master's of Science degree in Technology Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University.

Janyra is a Senior Engagement Consultant with a focus on eConsent, eCOA and Safety Gateway.  Janyra's background in data management, clinical trials and project management has developed through her over 2-decade involvement in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech/CRO Industries.

Prior to joining Medidata, Janyra was an Associate Director, Data Management at Premier Research in Durham, North Carolina.  Before that, she spent 15 years at Bristol Myers Squibb in the Data Management department, leaving there as an Associate Director of Data Management.  Although always working in the Data Management department, Janyra was part of several multi-functional and cross departmental initiatives, work streams and operations forums.  Most notably the implementation of Rave eDC at BMS, Implementation of electronic SAE capture in EDC, as well as multiple work streams to enhance and develop relationships between Data Management, Clinical Operations and Project Management.

Janyra holds a degree in Psychobiology from Wellesley College and an MS degree from the University of Bridgeport in Counseling, Human Resources Development.