John Conway
John has 30 years of successful R&D experience. He was Head of R&D IT/CIO for Medimmune (AstraZeneca’s large molecule division) and later led Data Sciences & AI at AZ. Previously, he was Head of R&D Innovation at Accenture, following its acquisition of LabAnswer, where he led R&D Strategy. He also served as VP of Professional Services at Schrödinger, helping develop LiveDesign.
Earlier, John was Global Director of Scientific Informatics at Accelrys, pioneering Biological Entity Registration and Next-Gen LIMS. At GSK, he was Philadelphia Site Head and led Structural Biology & Lab Automation. He also held roles in informatics and computational science at Merck.
John’s early career included roles at Tektagen (now Charles River), the Pennsylvania State Police, and as Co-Founder of Avecon. He studied biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State and Lehigh University.