“I’ve known Karen for 20 years and have had the opportunity to work with her twice during this period. The first was while I was Group President of Global Clinical Research Services at ICON plc and the second when I was President and CEO of Bioclinica. Karen is an incredibly talented individual with deep domain knowledge in data management and clinical development. Moreover, Karen loves a challenge and always finds a solution to the most difficult problems with data. This is an incredible skill when one considers the importance of data standards, integrity and quality to support the regulatory approval of a new device or biopharmaceutical product. Karen is also a strong leader and mentor who always leads by example. She stays abreast of all new developments and regulatory requirements in data collection, cleaning and management, and can effectively work with all electronic data capture systems. I highly recommend Karen and the WAGAS LLC organization if you want a trusted, competent and ethical data management partner who will support your product development requirements.”
John W. Hubbard, Ph.D., FCP
“I’ve been fortunate enough to work directly with Karen, and cannot sing her praises loudly enough. A high-level Data Management professional with decades of experience, Karen seems to thrive in situations where many would cower. Do you need someone to provide oversight for your Data Management CRO team? Karen is very hands-on, and will gladly get right in the weeds to help you assess your CRO’s performance, and will have proposed solutions at the ready when she delivers her findings. Dealing with an inexperienced or incompetent CRO? Need someone to lead a rescue mission for your study? Karen has a deep well of experience handling situations just like these. She has the skillset, patience and drive to provide the leadership to get the project back on track (or moved elsewhere if that’s what’s needed). Detail-oriented, timeline-driven, motivated, honest and a pleasure to work with, I always keep Karen’s phone number handy.”
Isaac Sparks
Associate Director, Clinical Data Management, Oncology biotech company based in Boston, MA.
“I have known Karen for many years, through a number of challenging projects. She never put the quality of her work at risk, she always responded with integrity and with a commendable level of reliability. She is someone whom I put my utmost faith in when I needed to get something done. She never failed to come through when we needed her.”
Bill Taaffe
Former President and CEO ICON Clinical Research and Medelis Inc./WCCT
Member of multiple Advisory Boards