Summary
Philip Bowsher is a data science and life sciences leader who has spent over a decade bridging pharma and open source as Director of Life Sciences & Healthcare at Posit (formerly RStudio). He builds and coaches cross-functional teams that integrate open-source data science tools into clinical and scientific systems, and has helped Fortune 1000 customers adopt reproducible analytics and interactive web apps. A long-time open-source evangelist, he founded the R in Pharma gathering at Harvard and has given hundreds of talks and workshops to roughly 20,000 people across four countries. His background spans hands-on Shiny development, customer success, solutions engineering, and GTM strategy, enabling him to translate complex drug-development needs into practical software and services. Philip’s practical focus on iterative growth and product-market fit in regulated environments is informed by roles at RStudio, IBM, and life-sciences startups.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer