The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced that Jürgen Harter has accepted the position of CEO. Jürgen is a highly commercially driven scientist, who has acquired more than 20 years of life sciences, information technology, and big data expertise in the biopharmaceutical domains by working at companies such as Horizon Discovery Group plc, ExcoInTouch Ltd., CambridgeSoft Ltd., Abcam plc and BioWisdom Ltd.
In his most recent role as Global Head of IT & Informatics, Jürgen grew and managed several teams and integrated the IT infrastructure and system landscape of the various acquired biotech companies into Horizon Discovery Group plc. On a company-wide level he has been instrumental in establishing, delivering and evolving a range of complex commercial and scientific systems with corresponding processes and workflows.
In his work as Director of Business Development at ExcoInTouch, Jürgen drove the incorporation of innovative digital engagement and data capture solutions (mobile-first) into major pharmaceuticals and CROs for the efficient running of clinical trials and the handling of big clinical data. This included deployment of cloud-based mHealth platforms, placing patients at the heart of every program. While working at CambridgeSoft (later Perkin Elmer Informatics), he orchestrated a number of ELN / LIMS deals, pushed superior lab automation methods, and generally drove the sale of a suite of software products (e.g. ChemBio Office) & services. Prior to that, Jürgen headed Abcam's scientific business development department, managing collaborations and networking activities, and setting scientific strategies for core research areas. This included the building and utilisation of an expert system to help predict commercial intelligence and scientific advances. As Senior Chemistry Analyst at BioWisdom, he engineered and automatically produced the content of a chemistry ontology, integrating it into a huge and dynamic life sciences knowledge map.
Jürgen cares about digital transformation, big data (particularly generating value and insights), knowledge management and scientific and business intelligence. He has worked on complex projects with most of the Top 20 pharmaceutical companies and has a wide global network of connections in both the biotech and pharma sectors. This is combined with links to information management and software development companies, where he is keen to utilise their transformative and innovative technologies to the CCDC's advantage and to create further value and growth over the years to come.
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