Melissa Binz currently serves as Vice President and Head of Clinical Data Sciences at Takeda, where responsibilities include leading Clinical Data Engineering and Clinical Data Standards functional teams while driving R&D Metadata-Driven Process Automation. Prior to Takeda, Melissa held various leadership roles at Pfizer, including Executive Director of the Center for Data Standards and Quality and Global Clinical Data Services. Additional experience includes Executive Director roles at Novartis and Morphotek, Inc., as well as significant positions at Accenture LLP and Wyeth Research. Melissa's career began as a Senior Statistical Data Analyst at Biopharm, and educational qualifications include an MS in Computer Science from Villanova University and a BSEd in Mathematics from Millersville University of Pennsylvania.