BARCELONA, Spain, June 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetion®, the global leader in
real-world evidence (RWE) technology and analytics, announced today
the creation of an RWE technology hub in Barcelona, Spain, to convene the most capable
group of dedicated RWE technologists in the industry. Aetion also
announced the appointment of Ken
Watson as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Ken draws upon his
decades of experience at companies such as Microsoft, the Toronto
Stock Exchange, and WeWork — as well as several startups he
co-founded — and is responsible for leading Aetion's overall
engineering and product strategy.
Aetion established a presence in Barcelona in 2021 and has steadily grown its
team there since. As part of the launch of its technology hub,
Aetion will more than double the size of its engineering team in
Spain, drawing top technical
talent locally and from around Europe. The Barcelona team will work across Aetion's
product suite, enhancing existing offerings and continuing to
innovate at the forefront of RWE technology. The recent release of
Aetion® Discover — the first Aetion product to be built
in Barcelona — was a turning point
in establishing the city as Aetion's new technology hub. Aetion
Discover is a visual-first application designed for exploratory
analyses on wide-ranging research questions from disease burden to
unmet need, real-world value, and more, and it is already
transforming the way clients generate insights quickly and at
scale.
Ken joined Aetion in August 2023
as SVP of Engineering and, early on, led the successful launch of
Discover and product enhancements such as an R development
environment integrated with Aetion applications, workflow updates
to Aetion® Substantiate, and new data management capabilities in
the Aetion Evidence Platform®.
"As a technology leader of companies at all stages and sizes,
and as a multi-time founder himself, Ken is the ideal person to
lead Aetion's overall technology and product organization and our
Barcelona technology hub," said
Jeremy Rassen, Aetion President and
Co-Founder. "His expertise in building global teams, combined with
the mission-driven engineering talent in Barcelona, will be put toward solving complex
problems and further accelerating our ambitious software
roadmap."
Ken shared, "I am honored to be stepping into the CTO role at
this inflection point for Aetion. Building high-quality software in
a rapidly evolving field takes entrepreneurial spirit and technical
know-how, and I'm thrilled to bring my skills to help answer
today's most pressing questions in healthcare. With our expanded
and co-located Barcelona team
working closely with our world-class epidemiologists and data
scientists, I am confident in our ability to deliver the next wave
of software innovation that's so critically needed in this era of
novel treatment proliferation."
Aetion is the only company to offer a full range of software
products to turn real-world data into real-world evidence. All
Aetion applications are built upon its flagship Aetion Evidence
Platform, providing interoperability across applications while
consistently drawing upon virtually any source data and hosting
environment.
Contact info@aetion.com for more information on Aetion software
and services, or careers@aetion.com to inquire about roles in
Aetion's Barcelona Technology Hub.
About Aetion®
Aetion is a healthcare analytics company that delivers
real-world evidence for the manufacturers, purchasers, and
regulators of medical treatments and technologies. Aetion's suite
of real-world data analytics applications analyzes data from the
real world to produce transparent, rapid, and scientifically
validated answers on safety, effectiveness, and value. Founded by
Harvard Medical School faculty members
with decades of experience in epidemiology and health outcomes
research, Aetion informs healthcare's most critical decisions—what
works best, for whom, and when—to guide product development,
commercialization, and payment innovation. Learn more at
aetion.com.
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