https://www.medidata.com/en/press-releases/medidata-solutions-president-glen-de-vries-named-crain-s-40-under-40

Paragraph 4: "Combining a scientist’s background with computer talents and people skills, de Vries laid the foundation and subsequent development path for Medidata Rave®, an easy-to-use, Internet-based solution for electronic collection, management and reporting of clinical data that brings multiple efficiencies and enhancements to drug development teams at research companies and clinical sites including hospitals and doctors’ offices. As the chief architect of Rave, de Vries worked closely over the past 10 years with clinical research departments at some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and research organization, including AstraZeneca, Bayer, and Pfizer, to bring advanced software infrastructure to the critical and costly stage of clinical drug development."