William Hayes
VP Data Sciences And Digital Technology
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Hayes is a VP-level data sciences and digital technology leader with 20+ years driving AI, data engineering, and digital transformation across biopharma and life sciences. He has repeatedly moved organizations from bespoke analytics to production-grade, decision-support platforms—most recently cutting timelines by ~20% at Montai Therapeutics—while shepherding NDA-ready systems at Sage that supported a successful drug approval. A PhD computational molecular biologist who has led both startups and large R&D organizations, he blends deep bioinformatics and BEL-based knowledge representation work with pragmatic systems architecture and DevOps. Known for building high-performing cross-functional teams, he uniquely pairs domain science (text mining, graph analytics, bioNLP) with product-minded engineering to turn complex biological knowledge into operational insights. Based in Boston, he also maintains active stewardship of open-standard biology knowledge (BEL) and platform-focused open-source work.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics, Ph.D Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (200)
fastapi10
python10
json-schema10
swagger10
jspm10
pip10
pydantic10
sql-like10
openapi10
python-development10
async10
letsencrypt10
gunicorn10
arangodb10
swagger-ui10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
OpenBEL/openbel-framework-resources
Aug 2013 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 8 months
belbio/bel
Jun 2017 - Apr 2021
BEL python package
Contributions:2 releases, 443 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years 10 months
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