Alexander Slotte

Lead the Scientific Data Intelligence function with end-to-end ownership of external data strategy, identifying, evaluating, and negotiating partnerships for high-leverage healthcare and life sciences datasets (EHR, claims, omics, and proprietary sources), and leading the team to onboard, curate, and operationalize these assets to power Data Science, Business Development, and AI-driven drug development.

Lead the Scientific Data Intelligence function with end-to-end ownership of external data strategy, identifying, evaluating, and negotiating partnerships for high-leverage healthcare and life sciences datasets (EHR, claims, omics, and proprietary sources), and leading the team to onboard, curate, and operationalize these assets to power Data Science, Business Development, and AI-driven drug development.

Built and led the Data Platform organization at Formation Bio, re-shaping the team and culture while modernizing the data stack (Snowflake, Databricks, Dagster, dbt, Hex) and establishing reusable ingestion and curation pipelines for 50+ foundational scientific datasets (omics, clinical, real-world, and proprietary), replacing siloed, ad-hoc workflows with a scalable platform for drug development.

Built out four cross-functional teams, delivering on key initiatives, including offshore resource management. Mentored and guided team members, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment that resulted in increased productivity and job satisfaction. Revamped the engineering onboarding process, improving the onboarding efficiency by 50%. Initiated, developed, and deployed a self-service application that allows teams to instantaneously access a managed virtualized scientific environment, leading to a 10x-100x reduction in time spent to stand up a new environment, and a reduction in AWS expenditure by an estimated 30%. Established our open-source software licensing policy and software bill of materials (SBOM), to ensure continuous compliance and ability to provide accurate reporting in minutes instead of days. Migrated 1,000+ GitHub repositories from Jenkins to GitHub Actions leading to improved reusability, security and developer productivity with builds now completing in 10+ minutes instead of hours. Managed GitHub, JFrog Artifactory, Codacy, LocalStack and multiple additional individual software licenses throughout their lifecycle, overseeing procurement, negotiating 10+ contracts and renewals. Co-authored and implemented the company's SDLC process, leading to improved efficiency, quality, and product delivery, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction and business success. Promoted twice within the span of two years with increase in responsibility, scope, and team size.

Provided strategic engineering leadership for a client account, managing a team of 10+ developers and business analysts with 2 direct reports. Successfully planned and executed on a 1 year long modernization project migrating a business critical .NET Framework application to .NET Core. This resulted in a remarkable 30-35% performance increase, and a substantial reduction in security vulnerabilities Led 2 key projects at prominent financial institutions in Washington DC, driving organizational transformation through Agile, Lean and DevOps practices leading to increased employee engagement. Spoke at 30 international and local conferences in Europe, the United States and Canada, and authored 10+ articles on the topics of Machine Learning and Software Development. Contributed to open-source software and founded and maintained a library used to simplify MLOps. Actively participated as a mentor in a formal mentorship program, offering valuable guidance to mentees and contributing to the overall success of the program

Strategic Technology Leadership: Provided visionary technology leadership, guiding the development and architecture of applications within the Microsoft technology stack. Ensured alignment with business objectives and technology trends, optimizing the organization's technical capabilities. Transformational Application Redesign: Successfully orchestrated the design and development of a significant overhaul of multiple internal and external applications. This strategic initiative supported the implementation of an entirely new business model for CHAP, enhancing its competitive edge and operational efficiency. Effective Team Management: Demonstrated strong team management skills by overseeing a talented group of professionals. Conducted performance evaluations and provided status reporting, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability within the engineering team.

Conceived, designed, and meticulously crafted a cloud-based process application, serving the needs of over 200,000 patients. Led the project from conceptualization through execution, delivering a sophisticated solution.

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Customization Project: Led a project dedicated to customizing a sophisticated in-house Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) by spearheading development and orchestrating comprehensive requirements gathering. This initiative facilitated seamless integration with the business processes of another global Thermo Fisher site, resulting in a significant enhancement of product quality and a substantial reduction in production costs. Supply Chain Optimization through Data Analytics: Conceived, developed, and managed intricate data analytics solutions aimed at identifying lead times, bottlenecks, and potential issues within the end-to-end supply chain process, from warehouse to quality assurance. These innovative solutions effectively reduced lead times and elevated overall supply chain management efficiency. Complaints and CAPA Process Enhancement through Data Analytics: Devised data analytics solutions to meticulously measure and analyze critical metrics associated with Thermo Fisher's complaint and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) process. These solutions provided invaluable insights, enabling data-driven improvements in process efficiency and effectiveness.

Chromatography and Vaccine Research/Production Software Development: Designed and developed specialized software applications tailored primarily for chromatography and vaccine research and production. These applications played a pivotal role in advancing critical scientific and industrial processes, contributing to the precision and efficiency of these sectors. Industrial Internet Application Development: Engineered a robust industrial internet application with the core functionality of importing and cleansing data from third-party production systems. This sophisticated application seamlessly communicated with production systems via the OPC (OLE for Process Control) protocol, ensuring data integrity and reliability throughout the manufacturing process.