About me
John Van Hoy is Executive Director of Data Science & Advanced Analytics at PPD, a Thermo Fisher Scientific company. He has been in the life sciences industry for 20 years, with roles that span clinical trial operations, management consulting, and functional leadership. John has developed a focus on the use of data and analytics to help sponsors and CROs gain a competitive advantage. He has held multiple leadership roles in the area of data science for clinical research and has been at the forefront of industry efforts to bring innovation and predictive modeling to clinical trial operations and patient data analytics. He helps organizations by identifying novel use cases in AI, and building and managing data science teams to deliver those use cases. He has a Masters of Business Administration and Undergraduate Degree in Environmental Sciences, both from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.