10 CIOs in Clinical Research
Seven sitting chief information officers at Caidya, ICON plc, NAMSA, Alcanza Clinical Research, Veeda Lifesciences, Headlands Research and Medpace join three former CIOs of CenExel and Parexel, with Parexel represented twice. The mix covers global contract research organizations, a medical device CRO and clinical trial site networks, so a sponsor, CRO or site group modernizing trial systems can match on company type before asking about validation, data or vendor choices.
Professionals to explore
Christopher Carissimi
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Medpace
Christopher Carissimi became Chief Information Officer at Medpace in July 2026; Medpace offers clinical pharmacology and laboratory services including central laboratory, bioanalytical, ECG core lab and imaging core labs. At GE Aerospace, Christopher was Executive Director Chief Technology Officer (2020-2026), Vice President - Software Engineering (2016-2020) and Senior Director Data Analytics (2012-2016), bringing a software engineering view into clinical research IT.
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Jim Leary
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · Alcanza Clinical Research
Jim Leary became Chief Information Officer at Alcanza Clinical Research in April 2026, after vCIO work as a contractor (2025-2026) and Chief Information Officer at TridentCare (2020-2025). Jim has also been Principal, CTO at Extended Care Technologies, Inc. since 2008 and on the Board of Trustees at Signature Healthcare, Brockton, MA since 2009. Jim suits questions on setting up IT at a clinical research company.
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John Scott
LinkedInExperience: CIO Clinical Research Organization (CRO) · Caidya
John Scott has been CIO Clinical Research Organization (CRO) at Caidya since 2020, and describes leading digital strategy, enterprise technology and AI-enabled transformation across biotech organizations and CROs. John was Executive Vice President, Information Technology CIO CTO at MNNC Ventures (2016-2020) and Executive Vice President Information Technology CIO Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) at UnitedHealth Group (2011-2016), a fit for AI and transformation questions at a CRO.
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Jonathan Shough
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · Parexel
Jonathan Shough was Chief Information Officer at Parexel (2022-2026), President, Technology Solutions at Advarra (2021-2022) and SVP & CIO LabCorp Drug Development (Covance) at Labcorp (2018-2021). Since 2026 Jonathan has been Chief Digital and Information Officer at Azurity Pharmaceuticals and Principal & Co-Founder at ForgePoint Digital. CIO titles at Parexel and LabCorp Drug Development (Covance) make Jonathan a fit for questions on enterprise systems in drug development services.
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MaryJo Zaborowski
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · Parexel
MaryJo Zaborowski was Chief Information Officer at Parexel from 2020 to 2023 and has been Chief Information Officer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory since 2023. Earlier R&D technology titles include Vice President, R&D CIO at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (2015-2019), Vice President, Global Head R&D Information Services at Merck Group (2014-2015) and Vice President, Information Officer for Lilly Research Laboratories at Eli Lilly and Company (2008-2014). MaryJo suits questions on R&D systems from both pharma R&D and CRO roles.
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Mike Casey
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · NAMSA
Mike Casey, based in Minnesota, has been Chief Information Officer at NAMSA since 2022; NAMSA describes itself as a medical device contract research organization offering development services from concept to post-market. Mike was Vice President, Global Information Technology at STERIS (2016-2021) and Wright Medical (2011-2016), and describes over 30 years of experience in technology-enabled company transformation. Medical device trials are Mike's area.
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Robert Marohn, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Information Officer · CenExel
Robert Marohn, PhD was Chief Information Officer at CenExel from 2021 to 2023; CenExel Clinical Research is a network of investigative clinical research sites supporting the design and execution of phase 0-IV clinical trials. Robert held Director of Quality Engineering Business Systems (2018-2021) and Director of Computer System Validation, Quality Engineering (2018) at Kite Pharma, and was Principal Consultant at USDM Life Sciences (2024-2025), so validation questions suit Robert.
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Thomas N O'Leary
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · ICON plc
Thomas N O'Leary has been Chief Information Officer at ICON plc since 2013 and President, ICON Central Laboratories since 2010. Earlier ICON plc titles include Senior VP Global Data Management (2006-2009), VP Data Management Europe and Asia (2005-2006) and Senior Director Process Improvement (2004-2005). With data management, lab and CIO titles at one CRO, Thomas fits questions on clinical data and lab systems at a CRO.
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Young Shon
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Headlands Research
Young Shon has been Chief Information Officer at Headlands Research since January 2026; Headlands Research is a multinational integrated clinical trial site organization. Young also holds Vice President Technology Delivery at Flourish Research (from 2025) and Principal Technology Consultant at YIS Consulting LLC (since 2023), and held Lead Project Manager (2006-2007) and Drug Safety IS Architect (1996-1998) titles at AstraZeneca. Site network technology is Young's ground.
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Choose the right perspective
For enterprise-wide technology at a global CRO, MaryJo Zaborowski, Jonathan Shough and Thomas N O'Leary have the closest titles; for site networks, ask Young Shon or Robert Marohn, PhD; for medical devices, Mike Casey. Robert Marohn, PhD also suits validation and quality systems questions, Christopher Carissimi brings an outside view from GE Aerospace, and John Scott, Jim Leary and Pranav Dalal fit questions on running IT as a sitting CRO or research services CIO.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a CRO decide which clinical trial systems to build, buy or consolidate after an acquisition?
- 02How does a clinical research IT team keep validated GxP systems compliant while still releasing changes quickly?
- 03What changes in a CIO's priorities when moving between a sponsor-facing CRO and a network of clinical trial sites?
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