15 September 2017 - - US-based clinical trial technology and specialty services provider Bracket has appointed Sam Whitaker as chief technology officer, the company said.
Whitaker brings ten years of experience in clinical technology and global infrastructure innovation to Bracket's leadership team.
He will be responsible for Bracket's global product strategy, management and innovation, technology development and engineering including architecture, user experience, user interface and IT support functions.
Whitaker is a co-founder of Greenphire, where he invented and successfully commercialized the first clinical trial payment technologies.
The web-based applications were built on top of a global technology infrastructure, which he and his team designed to support the unique needs of sponsors, clinical research organizations and sites, and scaled to support more than 500 clients globally.
Prior to Greenphire, Whitaker worked in the product division of Citigroup, designing technology solutions across verticals. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Bracket, with nine offices and more than 700 employees worldwide, is dedicated to helping biopharmaceutical sponsors and contract research organizations increase the power of their clinical research data by leveraging core competencies in science, technology, and service.