Pieter Deurinck
Managing Consultant and Global Solutions Architect, IBM Global Business Services Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals ,  IBM
Pieter Deurinck is a Managing Consultant and Global Solutions Architect within the IBM Global Business Services Life Sciences/ Pharmaceuticals team. With nine years of business consulting he has developed deep industry insights into multiple functional areas within the global Life Sciences industry. Pieter has solid business experience with transformational business strategy, business process design and project management. He has also acquired IT architecture and IT management experience in multiple industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and government. This experience involved business requirements analysis, solution design and implementation, user training, and IT operations. Throughout his career in consulting, Pieter has supported market research and has significantly contributed to the development of the IBM vision for the pharmaceutical industry. He holds a Masters in Marketing and a Masters Degree in Applied Economics.

Kathleen Martin
Managing Consultant, IBM Institute for Business Value, Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals Team ,  IBM
Kathleen Martin is a Managing Consultant in the IBM Institute for Business Value, Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals team. She has 10 years’ experience in business consulting and five years’ experience in clinical consulting. She has also worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, where she specialized in oncology and women’s health. Kathleen’s consulting expertise includes project management, business strategy, change management and process improvement. She has extensive experience in addressing the business aspects of technical implementations with pharmaceutical clients and the U.S. government. Kathleen has an MPH in Epidemiology and has published in the areas of medical malpractice, corporate learning and clinical development.

Jay DiMare
Associate Partner, IBM Global Business Services ,  IBM
Jay DiMare is an Associate Partner within IBM Global Business Services. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the development of large-scale, complex, cross-organization applications in the financial markets, banking and insurance industries. He is currently the global leader for the Application Innovation Services team at the IBM Institute for Business Value. His recently published paper, “Serviceoriented architecture: A practical guide to measuring return on that investment,” presents a framework for measuring the business value of SOA investments. He holds a patent for software algorithms applicable to document management applications, and has developed IBM software products in partnership with clients. Jay is an IBM Certified IT Architect and a certified Master IT Architect with The Open Group, as well as a member of the IBM IT Architect Certification Board.