Previously, Dr Emerson has served as director of computer resources at KPMG in its New York executive office; vice president of technology at Pansophic Systems; president of RTI Software; and senior vice president at Marsh USA.
Dr Emerson holds a PhD in computer science from the New York Polytechnic Institute, a MBA from Seton Hall University and a BS in physics from the University of Florida.
Denis Connaghan, president and CEO of etrials, said: “We believe Jim’s hands on approach, academic background and work in industry standards and best practices within complex data-intensive software environments makes him the right leader to implement our strategy to take a more accelerated approach to developing next generation eClinical technologies, while driving operational scale.”