As Vice President of R&D and Quality Strategy at Veeva, Jim is responsible for customer engagement, market adoption, and strategic alliances. For the last 20 years, Jim has held various senior positions in life sciences technology, where he has led software delivery and sales efforts in clinical operations, regulatory, clinical data standards, and content management. Jim holds an MBA in information systems from Villanova University and a B.S. in neuroscience from the University of Scranton.

Joe Shepley, PhD, has been involved in document management for 15 years, both as a business person and consultant at Doculabs, where he is currently Vice President and Life Sciences Practice Leader. Joe’s focus is on helping organizations manage GXP documents more effectively to improve the efficiency and profitability of the drug development process. He has worked extensively with large drug and device manufacturers as well as with healthcare organizations more generally, including payers, providers, and pharmacy benefit managers. Joe chairs the content management track of the DOCUMENT Strategy Forum, the premier conference for information management leaders across industries.