Ian’s academic background is in Electronic Engineering but has worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years, with the last five years being focused on providing IT consultancy to the Global Medical Affairs area at Eli Lilly & Company. In his current role for Lilly he is responsible for the identification and delivery of innovative IT/Digital solutions and services to advance customer experience and operational efficiencies. He has board IT skills and knowledge of the Medical/Clinical research business areas. In 2015 he was part of a team that won the PMEA Innovations award for a project to provide medical answers online. He is an active member of MILE being part of their sub-team focused on Digital solutions.