Kathleen McGroddy-Goetz, Ph.D
Director

Dr. McGroddy-Goetz has served on our board of directors since June 2020. She has more than 25 years of experience leading global teams across business development, strategy, research and development, and product management. She has commercialized pioneering technologies spanning from microelectronics through cloud, advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, hardware, software, and middleware with an emphasis on healthcare and life sciences applications. From October 2018 through June 2021, Dr. McGroddy-Goetz served as the Global Head of Strategic Partnerships at Medidata Solutions, a Dassault Systemès Company, where she also concurrently held other strategy, alliances and marketing executive roles. Previously, she held various leadership positions at IBM beginning in 1992, and most recently was Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, IBM Watson Health. Dr. McGroddy-Goetz received a B.S. in Physics from SUNY Binghamton and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Cornell University.