Gaurav Bhatnagar — CEO

I am passionate about accelerating the development of new therapies using data and technology. I have significant experience in transforming current paradigms in clinical trials including – risk-based monitoring, data-driven feasibility and patient recruitment. I have a track record of enhancing end-to-end clinical trial delivery processes to achieve enrollment targets, reduce costs, decrease study startup time and improve patient retention. Champion for talent and leadership development, with demonstrated ability to enhance employee engagement and retention while guiding teams to deliver on both strategic and operational objectives. Specialties: Corporate strategy, Clinical research, Strategic feasibility & Study start-up, Clinical Operations, Data Management, Business process outsourcing, Predictive analytics, Data Analytics & visualization, Operations management, Operational excellence, Project management, Strategic planning, Process modelling, Risk based monitoring

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare professional specializing in clinical research and data management.

Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States

Experience: 24 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Clinical Operations
Data Management
Corporate Strategy
Clinical Research
Predictive Analytics
Operations Management
Strategic Planning
Market Research

Career Highlights

Expert in transforming clinical trial processes.
Proven track record in enhancing trial delivery.
Strong leadership in data-driven clinical strategies.

Work Experience

Tilda Research

Chief Growth Officer (2 yrs 3 mos)

Lexitas Pharma Services

Sr Vice President- Strategy & Chief of staff to CEO (7 mos)

Exelixis

Head-Clinical data innovation (1 yr 11 mos)

PPD

Vice President- Strategic feasibility, Clinical Innovation & PPD Select (site network) (1 yr 5 mos)

Vice President- Strategic Feasibility- Site & Patient Access (3 yrs 5 mos)

Quintiles

Global Head- Data analytics & process transformation, Knowledge management (1 yr 2 mos)

Executive Director & Head- Process center- Global Data & Safety Monitoring (4 yrs 6 mos)

Strategic Planning Director, Innovation (1 yr 2 mos)

Genentech

Summer Intern, Industry Analytics- Market Planning (2 mos)

Quintiles

Associate Director, Clinical Operations & Head Clinical Operations (6 yrs 9 mos)

Torrent Research Centre (Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

Scientist II (1 yr 1 mo)

Education

MBA at Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

M Pharmacy at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

B. Pharmacy at Gulbarga University

Management Development Programme- Tier 1 at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

at St Mary's Academy, Meerut

Gaurav Bhatnagar

CEO

Cary, North Carolina, United States24 yrs 3 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in transforming clinical trial processes.
Proven track record in enhancing trial delivery.
Strong leadership in data-driven clinical strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare professional specializing in clinical research and data management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Clinical OperationsData ManagementCorporate StrategyClinical ResearchPredictive AnalyticsOperations ManagementStrategic PlanningMarket Research

Other Skills

AI-assisted clinical trial managementAIClinical trial managementAutomationM&AClinical trial data informaticsStrategic partnershipsGlobal site partnershipData scienceData-driven feasibilityBusiness targets managementData qualityOperational reportingSafety monitoringBusiness planning

About

Experience

24 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Tilda research

Chief Growth Officer

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Cary, North Carolina, United States

Tilda Sense is your AI teammate and intelligent workflow platform that drastically simplifies trial management for sponsors, sites, and CROs.
Designed to seamlessly integrate into your clinical software ecosystem, it automates routine tasks, optimizes collaboration, and provides real-time insights to help you supercharge your trial.
With Tilda Sense, you can substantially reduce time and cost by automating 50% of study management and over 80% of study setup and closeout.
Welcome to the age of AI-assisted clinical trial management.

Clinical OperationsData ManagementAI-assisted clinical trial management

Lexitas pharma services

Sr Vice President- Strategy & Chief of staff to CEO

Jun 2023 – Jan 2024 · 7 mos · Durham, North Carolina, United States · On-site

Corporate strategy, M&A

Corporate strategyM&A

Exelixis

Head-Clinical data innovation

Jun 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Led innovation & transformation in development operations. Formulated a clear vision and provided leadership for clinical trial data informatics and predictive analytics. Led strategic partnerships with external collaborators

Clinical trial data informaticsPredictive analyticsStrategic partnershipsClinical Research

Ppd

2 roles

Vice President- Strategic feasibility, Clinical Innovation & PPD Select (site network)

Jan 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

PPD select- Leading a global site partnership collaboration (>1100 sites representing 40 countries)
Strategic feasibility- Executive oversight to 100-member global team of feasibility and therapeutic area specialists.
Clinical innovation- Leading a data science team to drive predictive and prescriptive analytics project across global clinical development

Global site partnershipPredictive analyticsData scienceClinical OperationsData Management

Vice President- Strategic Feasibility- Site & Patient Access

Aug 2016 – Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Provide executive oversight to a global team of feasibility and therapeutic area specialists
Modernizing access to sites and patients by redefining the role data driven feasibility.
Driving innovation across strategic feasibility services through the use of predictive analytics, and internal and external data sources including prescribing data, medical claims data, benchmarking data and electronic health record data when evaluating clinical development opportunities
Accountable for business targets including financial, quality and operational targets

Data-driven feasibilityPredictive analyticsBusiness targets managementClinical ResearchData Management

Quintiles

3 roles

Global Head- Data analytics & process transformation, Knowledge management

Apr 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Led a staff of 30 in the development of a new predictive and advanced analytics organization and integration with process excellence, data quality, operational reporting, and analytics functions supporting a 15,000-employee clinical operations organization.

Predictive analyticsData qualityOperational reportingData ManagementOperations Management

Executive Director & Head- Process center- Global Data & Safety Monitoring

Promoted

Sep 2010 – Mar 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Tapped for newly created role driving growth, productivity, and market competitiveness of data management and safety monitoring organizations (4,000 employees), directing a 30-member team.

Data managementSafety monitoringClinical Operations

Strategic Planning Director, Innovation

Jun 2009 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Creation of the business plan of the R&D Enterprise advanced analytics and Strategic processes
Creation of the end to end enterprise “as-is” process model for clinical trial life cycle using BPM methodology

Business planningBPM methodologyStrategic Planning

Genentech

Summer Intern, Industry Analytics- Market Planning

Jun 2008 – Aug 2008 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Led analysis of biosimilars adoption in Germany and UK. Conducted market research with physicians to identify key drivers and barriers. Analyzed trends to forecast biosimilar share
Identified and analyzed cross-class analogs to assess impact of generic entry on brand share

Market researchBiosimilars analysisMarket Research

Quintiles

Associate Director, Clinical Operations & Head Clinical Operations

Sep 2000 – Jun 2007 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Fast-tracked through roles of increasing scope to oversee operational delivery, quality, service, and customer management for clinical operation that grew to a staff of 90+ supporting 150 clinical trials, primarily in the psychiatry and infectious disease therapeutic areas; managed an $8.5M budget with full P&L responsibility.

Operational deliveryQuality managementClinical Operations