Procurement professionals in Clinical research
By employer, this clinical research group breaks down as three people at Parexel, two each at ICON plc and Worldwide Clinical Trials, and one each at Syneos Health, PPD and Thermo Fisher Scientific's Clinical Research Group. Clinical vendor management, decentralized clinical trials sourcing and CTMS technology buying all appear in their titles, useful to a sponsor or CRO choosing trial vendors, contracting technology services or building a vendor management team.
Professionals to explore
Fann Long
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Procurement · Parexel
APAC healthcare is a focus Fann Long names. Fann has been Director, Global Procurement at Parexel since 2025, after Associate Director, Global Category Sourcing (2022-2025), Associate Director, Global Procurement (2021-2022), Senior Procurement Manager, Local Operations, Global Procurement Operations (2019-2021) and Regional Manager (APAC GPO) (2014-2018) there, a fit for procurement questions on trials in Asia Pacific.
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Kelly Powell
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · ICON plc
Kelly Powell is Director of Procurement at ICON plc (since 2024) and was Associate Director Procurement there (2021-2024). At PRA Health Sciences, Kelly was Manager, Clinical Vendor Management (2016-2017), Senior Manager, Clinical Vendor Management (2017-2019) and Associate Director Clinical Vendor Management (2019-2021), so clinical vendor oversight questions fit well.
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Lisa Maidon
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Worldwide Clinical Trials
Over 20 years in outsourcing, vendor management, contracting and spend analysis is how Lisa Maidon describes the career behind the Director of Procurement title at Worldwide Clinical Trials, held since 2023 after Manager, Procurement Global Strategic Outsourcing there (2016-2023). Lisa was Sr. Clinical Procurement Analyst Global Sourcing Strategies at INC Research (2013-2016) and Contracts Coordinator, R&D Operations, Project Management Contracts at Valeant Pharmaceuticals (2011-2012).
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Matt Shivers
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director, Global Strategic Procurement · Parexel
Decentralized trial and trial technology sourcing is the best fit here for Matt Shivers, Associate Director, Global Strategic Procurement at Parexel since 2024, after Senior Manager, Global Category Sourcing - Decentralized Clinical Trials there (2020-2024). At Syneos Health, Matt was Strategic Business Partner, Global Sourcing Strategies - CTMS & eSuite Technology (2019-2020) and Senior Manager, Global Sourcing Strategies (2018-2019).
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Nancy Peterson
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Global Procurement · Syneos Health
Since 2022, Nancy Peterson has been Director, Global Procurement at Syneos Health, after Director, Clinical Vendor Management there (2021-2022). Nancy was Associate Director (2019-2021) and Senior Project Manager (2018-2019) at PharPoint Research, Inc. and Vendor Manager II at Chiltern (2014-2018), a fit for moving vendor management into a global procurement role.
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Nayda M. Berrios
LinkedInExperience: Director, Procurement Partner Clinical Research Group · Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific's Director, Procurement Partner Clinical Research Group since 2023, Nayda M. Berrios took that title after Clinical Next Generation Sequencing Divison Director-Procurement Partner there (2021-2023). Nayda was Sourcing and Procurement Director at AstraZeneca (2017-2021) and Associate Sourcing Director at Mondelēz International (2013-2017) and Merck (2007-2013), a fit for questions seen from both the sponsor side and a clinical research group.
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Rachel Cantwell
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Procurement · ICON plc
Linking procurement to proposals is the fit for Rachel Cantwell, Vice President, Procurement at ICON plc since 2023, after proposals roles there: Snr Director, Global Proposals, ICON Business Development (2002-2020), Senior Director, Global Proposals, Specialty Solutions, Commercial Operations (2021-2022) and Executive Director, Proposals, ICON Development Solutions (2022-2023). Rachel was also a Clinical Research Associate at ICON plc (1998-1999).
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Stephen Perry
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global R&D Procurement · PPD
Director, Global R&D Procurement at PPD since 2021, Stephen Perry was Category Manager Business Partner, Medical Affairs (2016-2018) and Procurement Team Leader, Medical Affairs Non-Commercial (2018-2021) at AstraZeneca. Stephen was also Sourcing Manager, Programmatic CRO at Merck (2014-2016) and Business Planning Analyst at ICON plc (2012-2014), a fit for sponsor and CRO outsourcing questions.
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Steven Hicks
LinkedInExperience: Director-Procurement Operations · Parexel
Steven Hicks has been Director-Procurement Operations at Parexel since 2024, after Senior Director, Procurement at Brii Biosciences (2022-2024). Steven was also Director, Global Category Sourcing (2020-2022) and Associate Director, Procurement Operations (2020) at Parexel and Senior Sourcing Manager at Syneos Health (2019-2020), and describes nearly 12 years in global clinical supplies plus 10 in procurement.
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Susan Cole
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Strategic Sourcing · Worldwide Clinical Trials
Susan Cole has been Senior Director, Global Strategic Sourcing at Worldwide Clinical Trials since 2016. At INC Research, Susan was Senior Contracts Manager (2007-2009), Associate Director, Vendor Contracts and Procurement (2009-2012) and Director, Procurement and Vendor Contracts (2012-2016), and describes building the foundation of 4 departments from concept to fully functional in less than 3 years.
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Choose the right perspective
Rachel Cantwell and Susan Cole hold the most senior titles and fit questions on building a procurement function. Kelly Powell and Nancy Peterson come from clinical vendor management, Matt Shivers fits decentralized trial and technology sourcing, Stephen Perry and Nayda M. Berrios have held sponsor-side roles at AstraZeneca and Merck, Steven Hicks clinical supplies, and Fann Long APAC procurement.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you pick and oversee specialty vendors, such as central labs or patient-reported outcome technology, for a global trial?
- 02What should a CRO negotiate with decentralized trial technology vendors before a study starts?
- 03How do you keep site payments and pass-through costs under control across many countries?
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