What Happened?
Lexington , MA-based iSpecimen Appointed Doug Williams as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Headquartered in Lexington, MA, iSpecimen offers an online marketplace for the purchase of human biospecimens, providing researchers with the specimens they need from the patients they want. The iSpecimen Marketplace connects healthcare organizations that have access to patients and specimens with the scientists who need them for their research and development projects. Proprietary, cloud-based technology enables researchers to intuitively search for specimens and patients across a federated partner network of hospitals, labs, biobanks, blood centers, and other healthcare organizations. Researchers easily and compliantly gain access to specimens to drive scientific discovery. Partner sites gain an opportunity to contribute to biomedical discovery as well as their bottom line. And ultimately, healthcare advances for all.
About the Person
Doug is responsible for leading the team that builds iSpecimen’s innovative, state-of-the-art cloud-based platform implemented at hospital and lab sites nationwide. By aggregating labs, biorepositories, and other organizations with access to human biospecimens into one pool from which to pull, iSpecimen’s technology consolidates, sorts, and procures a wealth of specimens and data for the myriad organizations that need them, serving as a one-stop source for researchers at biotech, pharma, and academic institutions. Doug has over 25 years of experience leading product development teams building market-leading web and mobile products for consumers and industry. Most recently, as Vice President of Engineering at FitnessKeeper, he realized his dream of developing software to help people stay fit and lead more active lives. With over 40 million users, FitnessKeeper has won Time’s Top 50 Apps twice. Prior to FitnessKeeper, Doug led the technology and product teams at numerous successful startups, including Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, and Family Education, the largest K-12 educational community. Doug has his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University and his MBA from Harvard. He also holds three patents. Doug is passionate about fitness and has completed the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber and the 150-mile Pan Mass Challenge and BikeMS rides to raise money for cancer and Multiple Sclerosis research.
Info Source
News
Short Profile