In this installment of our “Meet the Team” blog series, we talk to Soma Sekhar Koramatla, Associate Manager, Statistical Programming, Biometrics about his background, cross-functional responsibilities, and how his career has advanced while at Veranex.
Veranex has truly supported my professional growth — I started as a programmer and am now an associate manager! Today, I enjoy the cross-functionality of my role, particularly performing managerial duties, providing advanced technical expertise and support to the programming team, applying my CDISC expertise, ensuring adherence to SDTM and ADaM standards, mentoring junior employees, and leading studies in tandem. One area that I find compelling is the process improvement work that I do. It isn’t necessarily the first responsibility that comes to mind when you think about statistical programming, but it is heavily standards-based. I find that overlap interesting.
I’ve had the opportunity to take a deep dive into CDISC standards and data exchange, gaining additional knowledge and expertise. It’s helped me realize how critical data standards are to ensuring that clinical trial systems can exchange data easily and accurately between them.
I’ve also presented Veranex Statistical Programming work at several national and international conferences, including:
Being a part of a clinical research organization has been incredibly fulfilling. I know that the work we do every day is helping to advance research and improve health outcomes for people all over the world.
Traveling across India! I want to explore Indian culture and learn as much as I can.