Linda Harty

Syneos Health LLC operates therapeutically focused global contract research organization. It provides pharma and biotech services. The firm specializes in the hematology, immunology and inflammation infectious diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, cardiovascular, CNS analgesia, CNS neurology, CNS psychiatry, endocrinology, and gastroenterology and hepatology. The company was founded by Kenneth A. Selzer in 1985 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

HeartWare International LLC is a medical device company, which engaged in the development and manufacturing of miniaturized implantable heart pumps or ventricular assist devices to treat patients suffering from advanced heart failure. The company was founded on July 29, 2008 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Covidien Holding, Inc. manufactures and supplies healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It offers medical devices, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to hospitals, long-term care and alternate care facilities, doctors’ offices and in the home. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

INC Research Holdings, Inc. engages in the clinical research on therapeutic alignment and expertise in Central Nervous System, Oncology, and other complex diseases. It operates through the Clinical Development Services and Phase I Services segments. The Clinical Development Services segments offers a variety of select and stand-alone clinical development services such as clinical monitoring, investigator recruitment, patient recruitment, data management and study reports to assist customers with their drug development process. The Phase I Services segment focuses on clinical development services for Phase I trials that include scientific exploratory medicine, first-in-human studies through proof-of-concept stages and support for Phase I studies in established compounds. The company was founded on August 13, 2010 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Syneos Health, Inc. engages in the provision of biopharmaceutical solutions. It operates through the Clinical Solutions and Commercial Solutions segments. The Clinical Solutions segment offers global services for the development of diagnostics, drugs, biologics, devices, and digital therapeutics that span Phase I to IV of clinical development. It also offers individual services including regulatory consulting, project management, protocol development, investigational site recruitment, clinical monitoring, technology-enabled patient recruitment and engagement, clinical home health services, clinical trial diversity, biometrics, and regulatory affairs. The Commercial Solutions segment provides commercialization services, including deployment solutions, communications solutions, and consultancy services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Part of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp., Wabtec Corp. is a private company that is at the forefront of driving innovative technologies and responsible operations worldwide. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA. Rafael O. Santana has been the CEO of the company since 2019. With over 150 years of experience, the company is a leader in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity.