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I'm John Reites

pronouced "reets"
 

This is my biography, portfolio, and highlights of what I have accomplished so far in my 20+ year career as a corporate intraprenuer turned co-founding entrepreneur with an exit.

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Career Highlights

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Corporate intrapreneur for nearly 15 years turned clinical research entrepreneur in 2016 with a successful company exit in 2019. 20+ years career in life sciences with a focus on global drug development, clinical research, and SaaS technology.

 

My key career milestones and experiences include:
 

  • Board of Directors Member

  • Board of Directors Advisor for various companies

  • Executive in Residence (EIR) at Duke University Master of Management in Clinical Informatics(MMCi) supporting the MBA program for 8+ years

  • Public speaker for 12+ years at 100+ global events including Apple, SXSW(2x), CES, Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent, and more

  • Inventor with patents in configurable clinical research technology

    - System and method for building intuitive clinical trial applications (filed: 17 JUL 2017): USPTO Patient #: 10510438 (issued: 17 DEC 2019)
    - System and method for building intuitive clinical trial applications / expanded (filed: 17 JUL 2017): USPTO Patient #: 11791021 (issued: 17 OCT 2023)
    - System and method for building intuitive clinical trial applications / expanded (filed: 20 MAR 2020): USPTO Patient #: 12009068 (issued: 11 JUN 2024)
  • Peer-reviewed, published author in medical journals and scientific pubications (John Reites)

  • Published author of various articles on intrapreneurship, innovation and entreprenuership

  • Host of Inclusion Criteria: a Clinical Research podcast

  • Co-host of the Clinical Research Evolved podcast

  • Company featured at Apple, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and more

  • Market analyst confirmed market leader via annual assessments by IDC, Everest Group, Frost & Sullivan and Gartner since 2021

  • First co-founded company acquired in 2019

 

I continue to lead the company I co-founded as the CEO at THREADresearch.com from 2016 - present after a 14+ year career at Quintiles (now IQVIA) from 2002 - 2016.

 

Learn more about my career by connecting on LinkedIn.

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Inclusion Criteria: a Clinical Research podcast
An inclusive, non-corporate podcast focused on the people and topics that matter to developing treatments for everyone. It’s my personal project intended to support you in your career, connect with industry experts and contribute to the ideas that advance clinical research.

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