Summary
Oksana Grognuz is a data and infrastructure leader with 15 years’ experience turning research-grade datasets and models into production-ready, FAIR-aligned digital assets across health, mobility, and sustainability. As Head of ORD Engagement & Services at the Swiss Data Science Center she has launched national infrastructures (LUCID, Personalized Health Data Analysis Hub), driven clinical AI deployments and helped operationalize Switzerland’s node of the Federated European Genome-Phenome Archive. She blends hands-on prototype-to-MVP delivery with governance design—embedding machine-readable policies, privacy-centric custody technologies and reusable architectures to ensure adoption and long-term impact. Her background as a bioinformatician and PhD in life sciences gives her deep domain fluency in omics and imaging, enabling credible translation between researchers, engineers and policymakers. Notably, she structured a recurring CHF 1M collaborative funding mechanism and a flexible legal framework to accelerate sustainable open research infrastructure co-development. Based in Lausanne, she’s known for combining technical rigor with pragmatic stewardship to scale responsible, interoperable data ecosystems.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Business, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Business at Concordia International University Estonia
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Life Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Life Sciences at University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
Master, Bioinformatics and Proteomics, Master, Bioinformatics and Proteomics at University of Geneva
English, French, Russian, Latvian