Episode: 31 - Tom Plasterer on Going From Pharma to Start-Up, Graph Technology, and More
From Trends from the Trenches by Bio-IT World
August 27, 2024 · 29 min · Season 1 · Episode 31
About this episode
Tom Plasterer discusses his career journey from pharma to start-ups and the impact of graph technology.
In this episode of Trends from the Trenches, host Stan Gloss speaks with industry veteran Tom Plasterer, managing director of life sciences innovation at XponentL Data. Plasterer shares his journey of how he became an industry leader, how his time at BG Medicine (then known as Beyond Genomics) helped him with his time at AstraZeneca, what graph technology is and its benefits, and why he returned to start-up companies with XponentL Data. He also gives advice based on his 20+ years of experienc...
People in this episode
Host: Stan Gloss
Guest: Tom Plasterer
Topics covered
- pharmaceutical industry
- start-ups
- graph technology
- life sciences
- innovation
Keywords
- Tom Plasterer
- graph technology
- life sciences
- start-up companies
- AstraZeneca
- BG Medicine
- innovation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: XponentL Data, BG Medicine, AstraZeneca, Beyond Genomics
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