TransPerfect Expands Leadership with Expert Hires

NEW YORK, NY, December 5, 2017 – TransPerfect Life Sciences, a leading provider of technologies and services to support clinical trials and product development for the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced the hiring of Christine Morris and Jay Smith, two e-clinical and life sciences veterans, to its leadership team.

Christine Morris has been named Executive Director for TransPerfect Life Sciences Solutions, and she will lead strategy and operations for the company’s Trial Interactive product as well as for the integrated solutions that incorporate both technology and services that the company offers. Christine brings more than 20 years of consulting, product, leadership, and management experience from companies including PPD, Quintiles, Salix Pharmaceuticals, and most recently, Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).

“What I love about our solutions is that they were designed by clinical research professionals for clinical research professionals,” said Christine Morris. “Pair those products and service offerings with an amazing group of people and you’ve got a recipe for success. I’ve seen the industry from a number of perspectives—software specialist, consultant, corporate, non-profit/academia—and it’s clear to me that TransPerfect’s offering is something special that can have a broad impact across all parts of the industry.”

Jay Smith has joined TransPerfect as Senior Director, Product Management for Trial Interactive, and he has over 25 years of product management, consulting, and engineering experience in the life sciences industry. Jay has extensive experience in bringing cloud-based enterprise solutions to market with companies that include Apogy, Cureatr, Medidata, and Thomson Reuters.

“Life sciences technology is about so much more than just going paperless. While global eTMF adoption continues to rise, the industry is also heading toward unifying systems across multiple areas to increase transparency, control, and collaboration,” commented Jay Smith. "Trial Interactive is a versatile and powerful platform that will continue to broaden its impact, and I look forward to helping lead the next steps in assisting our clients with the simplification of their product development lifecycles.”

Michael Smyth, General Manager of TransPerfect Life Sciences Solutions, welcomed both new additions, “Christine and Jay have an incredible amount of industry expertise between them, and having them join the team is a natural next step for a product whose development has always been led by clinical professionals. Trial Interactive is designed to increase efficiency for our customers by using innovative technology combined with specialized services, and both Christine and Jay will help immeasurably as we shape the future. We are thrilled to welcome them to the team.”

About Trial Interactive

TransPerfect’s Trial Interactive solution provides a collaborative, web-based platform for clinical development that enables sponsors, CROs, IRBs, and other vendors to maintain and update clinical trial documentation in a secure online environment, adhering to global regulatory requirements. With fully searchable solutions including investigator portals, Trial Interactive streamlines study timelines and reduces the administrative burdens of global clinical trials. As part of TransPerfect’s Life Sciences division, Trial Interactive is dedicated to working with clients on a global, collaborative level, supporting a wide range of requirements including e-feasibility, study start-up, eTMF review/reconciliation, mobile applications, learning management and document management systems, investigator portals, pharmacovigilance and safety management, and endpoint adjudication. For more information on Trial Interactive, please contact info@trialinteractive.com or +1 212.400.8848, or visit www.trialinteractive.com.

About TransPerfect

TransPerfect is the world’s largest provider of language services and technology solutions for global business. From offices in over 90 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 170+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 4,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect’s GlobalLink® Product Suite to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.