Yanxia Liu
Associate Director at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
- Role
- Associate Director at Novartis
- Location
- Suffolk County, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yanxia Liu
An accomplished technology leader with a track record of driving innovation in thepharmaceutical and biotech industries. Passionate about harnessing information technology toaccelerate biomedical research, enabling faster drug discovery and better patient outcomes.Adept at leading cross-functional teams, building scalable data platforms, and integrating AI-powered solutions.Key Strengths:• Leadership & Strategy: Proven ability to lead high-performing data and softwareengineering teams, establish best practices, and drive cross-functional collaboration.• Biomedical Informatics Expertise: Extensive experience developing software solutionsto support complex scientific workflows.• Data-Driven Decision Making: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellingin navigating complex, ambiguous challenges.• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in AI/ML, AWS, Java SDK/J2EE.NET (C#, ASP),SQL, Oracle, Vertica, JavaScript, and cloud-based platforms.• Enterprise Software Development: Experienced in full-stack development, object-oriented analysis/design (UML modeling), and microarray data analysis.• Effective Communication: Excellent ability to translate technical concepts into strategicinsights for diverse stakeholders.
Experience
Associate Director
Feb 2018 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Co-led a cross-functional team of over 30 internal and external contributors in partnershipwith two co-leads, ensuring strategic alignment and effective collaboration. Personallyled the engineering team, consisting of eight software and data engineers and over 20external contractors, to develop robust, cloud-based data platforms and AI-poweredapplications that support the evolving needs of Novartis Biomedical Research workflows.• Spearheaded a NIBR-wide initiative to establish engineering principles, best practices,and a shared technology strategy, fostering alignment across research teams.• Directed the development of high-content screening (HCS) imaging softwar
Skills
- Languages: Java, Perl, C/C++/C#, Sql, Javascript, Html, Xml, Xsl, Css
- Frameworks and Open Source Tools: Struts, Stripes, Hibernate, Microsoft .net
- Database: Toad Data Modeler, Enterprise Architect, Oracle 8i/9i/10/11g
- Source Control: Cvs, Subversion, Starteam
- Application Server: Jboss, Apache Tomcat, Iis
- Ides: Ms Visual Studio, Borland Jbuilder, Rational Clearcase, Together Controlce
- Systems: Unix/Linux, Windows
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