Dimitris Agrafiotis, PhD, FRSC, is Chief Data Officer and Head of Technology Products at Covance. He has over 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical R&D that spans venture-funded biotech, large pharma and the CRO industry, and is an internationally recognized thought leader with over 90 peer-reviewed publications and 18 issued US patents. In 2012 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry for his contributions to chemical and pharmaceutical research, and in 2017 he was named in Computerworld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders for his technology leadership and innovative approaches to business challenges.