Roles and Responsibilities

Jeffrey Smith is a Research Director on Gartner's Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Research team. Mr. Smith's research is focused on clinical development activities within pharmaceutical and medical device companies, helping CIOs and R&D IT leaders to better navigate strategic challenges and support their organization's ability to manage product development from clinical trials through regulatory approval. He brings a unique combination of process, technical and operations experience to life science research with his background implementing enterprise solutions for pharmaceutical R&D, role as a practitioner of continuous process and technology improvement in clinical development, and rich experience with quality and regulatory processes. Mr. Smith's vertical life science coverage specifically includes clinical trials, regulatory submission, content management, safety vigilance, quality and compliance and related technologies (e.g., EDC, CTMS, IRT, eCTD, RIM) for pharmaceuticals and other organizations that support life science product development.

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