Information technology professionals in Biotechnology
Lab and R&D systems, GxP manufacturing IT and ERP each have specialists in this biotechnology IT group: Scott Schaecher, Ph.D., MBA and Kiran Pavuluri on research and product development systems, Dev Dutta on GxP systems, and Bijoy Banerjee and Mindaugas Jurkunas on enterprise and business systems. Others hold or held VP or Head of IT titles at X4 Pharmaceuticals, Ovid Therapeutics, 2seventy bio and Aura Biosciences.
Professionals to explore
Bijoy Banerjee
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, IT - Enterprise Systems & Digital · Ultragenyx
Bijoy Banerjee has been Executive Director, IT - Enterprise Systems & Digital at Ultragenyx since 2025. Earlier Ultragenyx titles include Senior Director - IT Enterprise Systems (2021–2025), Director, IT ERP (2019–2021), Associate Director, IT Applications (2017–2019) and Sr. Manager, Applications Support (2015–2017). Banerjee sits on the IT leadership team and is the call on ERP and finance technology.
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Dev Dutta
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director IT Operations - GxP Systems · AmplifyBio
Dev Dutta holds Senior Director IT Operations - GxP Systems at AmplifyBio (since 2021) and Global Head - IT Compliance at Minaris Advanced Therapies (since 2025). Earlier roles include IT Quality Assurance Leader - Data Integrity, Manufacturing and Lab Systems at Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (2020–2021) and Director - Global Manufacturing IT Quality Assurance at Merck (2016–2020). Dutta describes building GMP manufacturing systems, MES, LIMS and QMS to support the growth of CGT operations.
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John Corrado
LinkedInExperience: Former Head Of Information Technology · X4 Pharmaceuticals
John Corrado was Head Of Information Technology at X4 Pharmaceuticals (2021–2025) and Senior Director of Information Technology Head of IT at Ovid Therapeutics (2018–2021). Other roles include Senior Analyst Business Systems at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (2009–2014) and Owner and Principal Consultant at Blindlogic Systems (2000–2010). Corrado focuses on IT strategy and infrastructure to support growth and product launch.
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John Robbins
LinkedInExperience: Former VP of IT · 2seventy bio
John Robbins became Vice President Information Technology at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in 2025, after VP of IT at 2seventy bio (2021–2025). bluebird bio roles were VP of IT (2021), Senior Director, Business & Manufacturing Systems (2019–2021) and IT Director, G&A Systems (2017–2019). Robbins describes managing Oracle ERP and SCM projects through three corporate divestitures, a fit for divestiture IT questions.
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Kiran Pavuluri
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Product Development MS&T IT · Bristol Myers Squibb
Kiran Pavuluri is Senior Director - Product Development MS&T IT at Bristol Myers Squibb (since 2024), and earlier Bristol Myers Squibb titles include Director - Product Development Cell Therapy Development - Enterprise & Lab Systems (2022–2024). Pavuluri cites over 20 years with enterprise lab systems such as electronic lab notebooks and LIMS, the right call for lab system questions.
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Manoj Jain
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Information Technology · Kedrion Biopharma
Manoj Jain is Senior Director Information Technology at Kedrion Biopharma (since 2023), after Director, R&D and Business Technology at Gilead Sciences (2018–2023). PTC Therapeutics, Inc. roles were Director, Application & Database Development (2017–2018), Associate Director, Application and Database Development (2013–2016) and Senior Manager, Application and Database (2009–2012). Jain cites IT strategy, project management and service level agreements.
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Mindaugas Jurkunas
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Business Systems · Gossamer Bio
Mindaugas Jurkunas became Director, Enterprise Systems at ORIC Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 2026. Gossamer Bio roles were Senior Director, Business Systems (2025–2026), Director, Business Systems (2022–2025) and Associate Director, Business Systems (2019–2022). Jurkunas names GxP and SOX compliance and scalable platforms for pre-commercial biotech and commercial launch readiness.
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Philippe Neron, MBA.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology - oncology targeted therapies · Aura Biosciences
Philippe Neron, MBA. has been Vice President Information Technology - oncology targeted therapies at Aura Biosciences since 2023. Earlier Senior Director Information Technology roles, each naming a therapy area, were at Talaris Therapeutics (2022–2023), Strand Therapeutics (2022) and BlueRock Therapeutics (2021–2022), plus Senior Director, Development Sciences IT at Biogen (2019–2020). Neron can compare IT leadership across several therapy areas.
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Rob Bognar
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT · BioNTech SE
Rob Bognar is Director, IT at BioNTech SE (since 2023). Agios Pharmaceuticals roles were Associate Director, IT Solution Design & Delivery (2022–2023), Sr. Manager, IT Solution Design & Delivery (2017–2022) and IT Manager (2015–2017), and Bognar was Quality Systems Manager at Merck in 2015. A fit for solution design and delivery questions at an immunotherapy company.
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Scott Schaecher, Ph.D., MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director, R&D IT · Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
Scott Schaecher, Ph.D., MBA has been Director, R&D IT at Vir Biotechnology, Inc. since 2023, after Associate Director, Research IT there (2022–2023). Bayer roles include Data Strategy Lead - Research and Development (2020–2022), Head of Computational Life Sciences - Biologics (2019–2020) and Data Strategy Lead - Microbials (2018–2020). Schaecher describes leading technology, data and AI strategy in biotech.
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Choose the right perspective
If the question is about lab notebooks, LIMS or research data, Scott Schaecher, Ph.D., MBA and Kiran Pavuluri fit best, and Dev Dutta covers MES, LIMS and QMS in GMP manufacturing. Bijoy Banerjee, Mindaugas Jurkunas and John Robbins are the ones for ERP and SOX-ready business systems, while John Corrado, Philippe Neron, MBA., Rob Bognar and Manoj Jain fit questions on building or scaling a whole IT function at a therapeutics company.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which systems should a clinical-stage biotech put in place first, and which can wait until a commercial launch is in sight?
- 02How do you validate GxP systems such as MES, LIMS and QMS without slowing down a fast-moving manufacturing team?
- 03How should a biotech choose an ERP that will pass SOX and still fit a company with only a few hundred people?
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