MD, Business Consultant
Antwerp Area, Belgium
- Current
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- Business Consultant at REALDOLMEN
- Past
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- Senior Consultant, QA Officer at REAL
- Senior Consultant at BioPharmaTechnology House
- Director Imaging and IT at MAIA SCIENTIFIC
- Senior Scientist biomedical imaging at Janssen Pharmaceutica, Johnson & Johnson
- Researcher, Bioinformatics at University of Antwerp
- Researcher at UZ Gent
- Project manager at Lasion Europe
- Researcher at University of Antwerp
- Education
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- CMO (now Syntra), Turnhout
- Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
- Universiteit Utrecht
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Universiteit Antwerpen
- Universiteit Hasselt
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Peter Van Osta’s Summary
- An MD and biochemist with more than 10 years of experience in organizing and delivering process and technology innovation in the pharmaceutical industry (enabling technologies and processes) and in healthcare (eHealth).
- Capable of bridging the gap between business, science and technology (ICT)
- Solving problems in a creative way, with the ability to create solutions for complex business and scientific challenges.
- Organizational project capability development, using industry standards like CMMi and PMBOK
- Developing advanced enabling technologies, such as High Content Screening (HCS) and high-end digital image analysis.
Languages: Dutch, English, German and basic French
Peter Van Osta’s Specialties:
- Project management, working with multidisciplinary teams
- Organisation and process development (CMMI), mainly in healthcare and Life Sciences.
- Change management
- Team development and training
- eHealth (mobile healthcare) and eClinical
- Enabling technologies, such as High Content Screening (HCS), digital imaging, digital microscopy
- Quality Assurance (QA) (make it happen)
- Pharmaceutical standards (FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11, GLP)
- Healthcare e-standards (e.g. HL7)
Peter Van Osta’s Experience
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Business Consultant
REALDOLMEN
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
I work on process and technology improvement projects, mainly in healthcare and Life Sciences. I assist our customers in developing their processes and technology, and work with them on their change process so they achieve better operational results.
Using Enterprise Architecture (EA) in projects to align organizational goals, business processes and ICT resources. -
Senior Consultant, QA Officer
REAL
(Public Company; REA; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2005 — August 2008 (2 years 10 months)
I worked on process and technology improvement projects, mainly in healthcare and Life Sciences. I assist our customers in developing their processes and technology, and worked with them on their change process so they achieve better operational results.
In addition I worked on the implementation and rollout of a CMMI ML2 certified QA process within our organisation. As a QA Officer I supervize the quality of project execution by auditing projects and coaching project managers to improve their performance and also train and coach our people on the process areas of CMMI ML2. I managed the establisment of a corporate helpdesk organisation and established the Validation (VAL) process as part of our progress towards CMMI ML3.
Development of our Enterprise Architecture (EA) approach to align organizational goals, business processes and ICT resources. -
Senior Consultant
BioPharmaTechnology House
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)
Senior Consultant for The BioPharmaTechnology House (BPTH) which develops technology for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.
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Director Imaging and IT
MAIA SCIENTIFIC
(Biotechnology industry)
June 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 2 months)
Managing the development of High Content Screening (HCS) systems and advanced multi-mode image processing software based on scale space and the spatial color model. The system was used for automated multi-mode cell based research and tissue morphology (histology) and could be integrated into large scale automated screening systems.
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Senior Scientist biomedical imaging
Janssen Pharmaceutica, Johnson & Johnson
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)
January 1997 — June 2001 (4 years 6 months)
Planning, development and support of compound screening projects based on automated digital microscopy: (tissue) morphology, High Content Cell Screening (multimode fluorescence microscopy, HCCS), model organism (C. elegans) projects and MRI. Part of this work involved time-lapse and real-time microscopy for dynamic in-vivo studies (eg. Ca2+ ratio imaging).
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Researcher, Bioinformatics
University of Antwerp
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year)
Research on ApoE in CSF of Alzheimer patients (2D PAGE analysis) and bioinformatics system development for gene sequencing projects.
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Researcher
UZ Gent
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 1995 — December 1995 (9 months)
Research at the Department of Medical Genetics of the University of Gent . Follow-up and screening of mutations in the FBN1 gene of patients with Marfan Syndrome.
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Project manager
Lasion Europe
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1993 — March 1995 (1 year 6 months)
Project Manager (PM) for medical multimedia publications on CD-ROM (Production Manager Chris de Laet, MD). In order to improve the data- and workflow I developed an automatic multimedia document management system for the (pre-) processing of images and texts.
This job taught me a lot about efficient production planning and organisation. Besides this I learned to appreciate working with a team of highly qualified professionals on high-tech projects. -
Researcher
University of Antwerp
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 1992 — September 1993 (1 year 2 months)
Counselling for prenatal diagnosis and congenital disorders and research on the prenatal diagnosis for Spinal Muscular Dystrophy type I (SMA I).
Peter Van Osta’s Education
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CMO (now Syntra), Turnhout
Management for small and medium-sized enterprizes 2001 — 2003
Management principles and practices for SME's
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Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
In vivo MRI 2000 — 2000
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Universiteit Utrecht
Image Analysis 1999 — 1999
Front-end Vision and Multiscale Image Analysis 1999, an introduction to Scale-Space Theory, October 1999
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Technische Universiteit Delft
Image Processing 1997 — 1997
Thirteenth Special Course on Image Processing for Industrial Applications, 13 - 17 January 1997
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Universiteit Antwerpen
MSc , G.A.S. Biochemistry , 1991 — 1993
Two years of biochemistry as a postgraduate course ("Grondige Aanvullende Studie") with focus on molecular biology.
Thesis: Research at the possibility of prenatal diagnosis of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) type I by means of DNA research. -
Universiteit Antwerpen
MD , Medical Doctor , 1987 — 1991
Medical Doctor (MD) with option biomedical research and medical genetics.
Thesis: Detection of Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase as a cause of S.I.D.S..- Activities and Societies:
- STUWER (Studenten Werkgroep) at UIA
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Universiteit Hasselt
Kandidate , Medicine , 1984 — 1987
The Universiteit Hasselt (UH) was called Limburgs Universitair Centrum (LUC) in those days.
Additional Information
Peter Van Osta’s Websites:
Peter Van Osta’s Interests:
- Professional: Process and technology innovation in healthcare and Life Sciences, eHealth, eClinical, enabling technologies, imaging, process and technology development, change management, CMMI, training, coaching, and QA (to make it all happen).
Peter Van Osta’s Groups:
FlandersBio, Leuven.Inc, Agoria eHealth, Euroscience, HIMSS, Antwerp Digital Mainport (ADM), Vlaamse Management Associatie (VMA), Business Netwerk Café, Europese Beweging België / Mouvement Européen Belgique, Beheerraad bibliotheek en gemeenschapscentrum Malle, Domein de Renesse vzw
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CMMI Adopters -
Healthcare & ICT -
De Management Associatie (VMA) Improving Leadership -
Agoria ICT eHealth Platform -
Johnson & Johnson (re)connected (7500+ Members!) -
The Life Science Executive Exchange -
Ondernemen in de Zorg -
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society -
Healthcare & Life Sciences -
Personalized Medicine -
ADM : Where business and ICT meet -
Euroscience -
RealDolmen -
Belgian IT Network -
High Content Screening -
Vrienden van het VCK / Friends of the FQMC -
Werken in de Kempen !? -
Life Sciences Opportunities in EU -
LifeSciences▫Pharma▫Healthcare▫ Innovation & Integration: Professional Network -
European Molecular Imaging -
BioConnect-IT -
Universiteit Antwerpen officiële Alumni groep -
Business meets IT -
Smarter Healthcare -
Netwerken in Belgie
Peter Van Osta’s Honors:
* Magna Cum Laude Citation for the scientific exhibit on the 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) - Chicago, April 1995.
* Prix Special Informag de 43eme journées Françaises de radiologie - Oktober 1995
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