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Our leadership team

Our team brings decades of clinical, biotech, pharma, CRO, data analytics and IT/technology experience to deliver unmatched recruitment speed so you meed critical timelines and milestones.

CEO, Founder

Susan Fitzpatrick-Napier

A biopharma and CRO-focused technology leader with over 20 years’ experience across Asia, the US and Europe, and founder of TrialWire, the AI-powered patient recruitment platform built on Salesforce Health Cloud. Her core expertise is at the intersection of data, digital health and clinical development.

Biopharma and CRO-focused technology leader with over 20 years’ experience across Asia, the US and Europe, and founder of TrialWire, the AI-powered patient recruitment platform built on Salesforce Health Cloud. Her core expertise is at the intersection of data, digital health and clinical development.

She has partnered with more than 80 technology and biopharma companies on growth strategy, capital raising and deal flow, helping drive over US$4B in funding, landmark M&A transactions and the global scale-up of emerging innovators. A long-term advisor to Novotech, she has supported its evolution from a three-person team into a leading global CRO, with senior leadership crediting her contribution to key milestones in that journey.

Passionate about innovation in clinical research and healthcare, she is a frequent speaker at global industry forums, where she focuses on how AI, automation and data-driven platforms like TrialWire can accelerate trial timelines and bring new therapies to patients faster.

VP Marketing Growth Partnerships

Patricia Stewart

With over 20 years in commercial leadership roles across the life sciences industry in Australia, China, the UK, and the US, Trish has led global oncology launches and shaped strategies across major markets. She brings deep expertise in clinical development, regulatory dynamics, and accelerated pathways to bring life‑changing therapies to patients.

With over 20 years in commercial leadership roles across the life sciences industry in Australia, China, the UK, and the US, Trish has led global oncology launches and shaped strategies across major markets. She brings deep expertise in clinical development, regulatory dynamics, and accelerated pathways to bring life‑changing therapies to patients.

Having worked across big pharma, CRO, and biotech advisory, Trish understands the complexities of early development and the barriers between innovation and patients. At TrialWire, she leads market strategy, brand growth, and partnerships—driving one mission: helping biotechs rapidly recruit the right participants to meet critical clinical milestones.

CTO

Anil Gawade

As a Salesforce Health Cloud and enterprise architecture leader with 16+ years’ experience, Anil's design and deliver end-to-end Salesforce platforms for highly regulated industries including healthcare, finance, education and government.

As a Salesforce Health Cloud and enterprise architecture leader with 16+ years’ experience, Anil's design and deliver end-to-end Salesforce platforms for highly regulated industries including healthcare, finance, education and government. His expertise spans Health Cloud, Financial Services, Education, Sales and Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Industries Cloud, OmniStudio/Vlocity, and complex integration landscapes using MuleSoft, Informatica and custom APIs.

Anil has led large-scale digital transformation programs for large scale healthcare, banking, insurance, and education organizations - taking Salesforce programs from greenfield design through to secure, enterprise-grade deployment. Known for a hands-on approach, he translates complex business problems into scalable, resilient and compliant architectures that are ready for AI and rapid growth.

17x Salesforce certified, including Application Architect and System Architect

Deep experience with Lightning, LWC, OmniStudio, CPQ and Experience Cloud

Proven leadership in Agile delivery, DevOps/release management and data migration

Track record building and mentoring high-performing, distributed engineering teams

He is passionate about innovation, simplifying complexity and using Salesforce as a strategic platform to drive clinical trial efficiency, trusted data, and measurable business outcomes.

VP Client Experience

Suzanne Ferry

Building teams who make and deliver technical product and deep dive technical training courses for customers, partners, and sales teams. Creating learning assets for ILT, vILT and on-demand delivery modes with asset re-use and brand consistency foremost. Using Edu content as a GTM strategy to drive awareness, engagement, and conversion.

Building teams who make and deliver technical product and deep dive technical training courses for customers, partners, and sales teams. Creating learning assets for ILT, vILT and on-demand delivery modes with asset re-use and brand consistency foremost. Using Edu content as a GTM strategy to drive awareness, engagement, and conversion.

Bigger rocks: ran profitable training P&Ls; set up global instructor-partner training delivery program; built multi-exam user certification programs, managed systems integration (LMSs, Community platforms, NetSuite, SFDC, SSO, exam platforms); delivered for-profit pre-conference training and certification events; hired-promoted remote team professionals, built durable relationships with teams, customers, execs.