Glen de Vries
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Chief executive and co-founder of Medidata Solutions, a company that built software for clinical trials.
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Financial ties to Insight Venture Partners
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Insight Venture Partners was founded by Jerry Murdock
Glen de Vries Dig
Glen de Vries
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Blue Origin astronaut
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Co-founder of Medidata Solutions
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Vice Chair Life Sciences & Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes.
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Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University
On October 13, 2021, de Vries accompanied William Shatner along with two other astronauts on a New Shepard rocket as part of the Blue Origin NS-18 mission into space.
Medidata Solutions
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The company was founded in June 1999 by Tarek Sherif, Glen de Vries and Ed Ikeguchi.
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$10M initial investment from Insight Venture Partners in 2004
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Notable Clients: Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Cancer Research UK, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis
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On January 26, 2017, Medidata filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against five former employees and Veeva Systems Inc.
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Alleges that Veeva induced former Medidata employees to reveal confidential information and trade secrets that belong to Medidata
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The case is ongoing.
Insight Venture Partners
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Founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and [[Jerry Murdock]]
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In October 2019, the firm established an office in Tel Aviv
Dassault Systèmes
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French software corporation
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/medidata-acquired-dassault-syst-mes-58-billion