Clinical Systems Engineering
CTMS, eClinical, Medidata Rave, clinical reporting, SAS workflows, sponsor interfaces, and regulated application delivery.
Clinical Systems • Software Engineering • Technical Leadership
Engineering reliable clinical technology for complex, high-stakes environments.
I’m Aaron Phillips, a senior clinical systems and software engineering professional with deep experience across validated platforms, enterprise integrations, production incident leadership, performance engineering, and large-scale clinical data workflows.
25+ yrsenterprise software & systems
16+ yrsclinical technology at PPD / Thermo Fisher
2020large Phase III COVID-19 clinical systems engagement
End-to-enddesign, build, validation, release & production support
Expertise
Where I add value
Performance & Scalability
Load and regression testing, parallel processing, workload isolation, application performance analysis, and production-scale troubleshooting.
Integration & Data Flow
Oracle/SQL, JMS and queueing, BPEL/SOA, Siebel EAI, Web APIs, sponsor interfaces, and clinical-system interoperability.
Validated Delivery
SDLC controls, qualification, release readiness, change management, documentation compliance, vendor delivery, and go-live coordination.
Incident Leadership
Cross-functional production response, root-cause analysis, application/infrastructure coordination, monitoring, and remediation planning.
Technical Leadership
Technical lead roles, stakeholder discovery, business-analysis partnership, vendor management, delivery planning, and mentoring.
Selected engagement
Large Phase III COVID-19 clinical systems performance work
Led cross-functional response to critical performance and scalability challenges affecting clinical-data reporting for a large Phase III COVID-19 study.
- Designed controlled load, comparative, batch, and regression testing.
- Guided parallel-processing and workload-isolation improvements.
- Coordinated development, infrastructure, application administration, clinical-data, and operations teams.
- Supported validated code review, qualification, deployment readiness, and go-live activities.
- Worked across SAS data workflows, Medidata Rave, Oracle/SQL, monitoring, and data-quality troubleshooting.
Experience
Professional history
Senior Systems Developer II
Clinical technology engineering and technical leadership spanning CTMS, reporting, integrations, validated applications, production support, and vendor-delivered solutions.
- Designed, developed, and maintained CTMS transactional reports and development environments.
- Built and maintained BI Publisher sponsor interfaces, including Novartis, PVG, IVRS, and Roche workflows.
- Developed and maintained CTMS-to-IVRS integrations and supported complex clinical-system data flows.
- Led reporting-development efforts and partnered with business analysts and clinical stakeholders to convert requirements into production solutions.
- Served as technical lead across validated projects, ensuring documentation, SDLC, and regulatory-compliance expectations were met.
- Developed and maintained internal regulatory applications using Angular / AngularJS and .NET Web API.
- Managed vendor-built custom application projects from competitive bidding and procurement through discovery, delivery, and closeout.
- Troubleshot critical CTMS, reporting, data-quality, and production-system issues with cross-functional support teams.
Bioinformatics Lead
Led bioinformatics analysis to identify outlier samples for quality control, statistically significant differentially expressed genes, and potential biomarkers. Developed scripts, databases, and research applications to help scientists explore biological data.
Siebel Developer
Configured and designed custom modules; supported eClinical administration and Siebel Remote; designed Oracle Clinical-to-Siebel eClinical integration using Oracle AQ/JMS, BPEL, and Oracle SOA Suite; developed BI Publisher reporting.
Senior Siebel Consultant
Provided high-availability customer support, account-level technical ownership, custom solution design, defect workarounds, remote administration, and onsite support.
Senior Support Engineer
Delivered enterprise application support, primary support-engineer account management, custom enhancements, defect mitigation, remote administration, and onsite technical services.
Support Engineer
Supported Siebel ePharma, handheld/mobile platforms, product and price-list administration, sample management, signatures, distribution, route management, store-and-forward messaging, and customer escalations.
Technology
Technical toolkit
Additional technologies: Java, Perl, Bash, HTML, MySQL, DB2, Sybase SQL Anywhere, GeneSight, GeneSpring, JMP, Siebel Workflow / Remote / Handheld / Administration, Visual Studio, NetBeans, Eclipse, Windows Server, Solaris, AIX, and Oracle VirtualBox.
Credentials
Certifications & development
- Siebel Certified Consultant
- Siebel Certified Support Engineer
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- Extensive internal Siebel technical training
“Aaron has a commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction that is readily seen in the many colleagues and customers he has worked with and helped.”
— LinkedIn recommendation from Michael Garafola
Let’s connect
Clinical systems, software engineering, and technical consulting.
Available for senior engineering, clinical systems, technical leadership, and consulting opportunities.