Stephen Scaldaferri

Stephen architects and empowers Saama’s partnerships with life science industry companies, ensuring that Saama’s technology exceeds customers’ expectations and needs, enabling them to accelerate clinical development programs. He has a passion for being hands-on with customers to fully understand the daily challenges of their drug development processes.

Stephen is committed to improving the clinical trial landscape through customized technology and innovation. Stephen has over 15 years of experience supporting pharma, biotech, and contract research organizations (CROs), including tenure as Vice President, Portfolio Executive Partner at PPD Inc, part of ThermoFisher Scientific. Stephen’s professional experience also includes business development positions with Inclinix, Inc. and NovaQuest, the managed partnership group of Quintiles Transnational Corp.

Stephen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky, with a Major in Hospitality Management and a Minor in Business Administration. After finishing his collegiate football career, he played three years of professional football as a kicker in the U.S. and Germany.