Bill is an eCOA scientist and VP of product intelligence and positioning at Signant Health. He has worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years and is the author of over 80 publications and two industry textbooks on ePRO. Bill serves on 2 ISPOR task forces, the C-Path working group on CHF, the DIA's working group on meaningful change, and is a member of the C-Path eCOA Consortium where he previously served as Industry Vice Director. Bill is an advisory board member of the LABDA research program on sensor-derived movement behavior analysis, and a Senior Visiting Professor within Nottingham Trent University's Medical Engineering Design Research Group.

Willie Muehlhausen started his career as a Veterinary Surgeon in Berlin, Germany, before he joined a large CRO in March 1998. Throughout his career he worked in Germany, UK, USA and Ireland for eCOA vendors and CROs and developed a keen interest in patient-facing technologies such as eCOA and wearable devices. Willie has researched the topic of BYOD in ePRO extensively and with his team paved the way for making ePRO more patient friendly. He is the Co-Founder of SAFIRA Clinical Research and Zazu Systems, where he guides the scientific programs and the product development. His current research covers the application of AI in eCOA systems with a focus on Machine Translations.