Our Team
Mark Mortier - President
Biostatistician with 20+ years of experience analyzing clinical trial data as the biostatistics department head at two mid-size CROs, most recently as Executive Director, Biostatistics at Precision for Medicine (formerly Agility Clinical). Experience includes expert statistical consulting, direct interaction with the FDA, DMC coordination and participation, and Phase I-IV and ISS/ISE submission for both NDA and MAA. Targeted experience in the biostatistics application of orphan drugs for the treatment of rare diseases. Particularly skilled in assisting clients with communication with regulatory authorities, study design, sample size and power calculations, analysis plans, statistical reports, and exploratory statistical programming.
Kristoffer Ilano - Vice President
Expert statistical programmer with 14 years of experience, most recently as Director, Statistical Programming at Precision for Medicine where he oversaw the statistical programming function within the Biostatistics department. Expertise in statistical programming and validation of tables, figures, and listings, CDISC domains/datasets, macro creation, and ad-hoc requests for clinical trials using SAS® software. Volunteers directly with CDISC to participate in process and review of CDASH documents. Tremendously adept at understanding, interpreting, and applying CDISC implementation guidelines, to include real-time application and retroactive conversion of legacy databases. Entered the industry as a clinical data manager, where he spent four years before transitioning to statistical programming.
Robert Howard - Vice President
Advanced SAS Certified programmer and statistical analyst with extensive experience working on clinical trials. After six years as a statistical programmer in the pharmaceutical industry, formed Veridical Solutions, Inc. in 2007. Analyzed data for Phase I through Phase IV clinical trials in a wide range of therapeutic areas. Skilled in all stages of the data analysis process -- including definition of analysis methods and algorithms, production and validation of complex analysis datasets, and generation of tables, figures, and listings for Clinical Study Reports. Additional experience creating and working with CDISC compliant datasets. Has served on the Executive Committee of PharmaSUG since 2015, a Software Users Group of life science and health research professionals focused on the application of technological solutions in data analytics and regulatory support. He co-chaired the annual three-day event in 2017 (Baltimore) and the one-day international conference in 2018 and 2019 (Tokyo, Japan).