E.B. is a passionate advocate for improving the clinical research journey by fostering stronger collaboration among patients, physicians, and biopharmaceutical companies while ensuring the highest standards of patient data quality. With more than 20 years of experience building clinical trial sites and research solutions, he founded Helios to continue advancing this mission.

Before launching Helios, E.B. served as Senior Vice President at ICON plc, where he shaped the company’s site and patient strategy. His work included building ICON’s global clinical research site network, overseeing home health services, driving global patient recruitment and retention, and advancing decentralized clinical trial (DCT) solutions. He also authored several influential white papers on patient engagement, site support, and the implementation of DCT technologies.

Earlier in his career, E.B. co-founded Accelovance, a leading U.S.-based clinical research site network. Under his leadership, the company earned recognition as Best Clinical Research Organization at the World Vaccine Congress for three consecutive years (2009–2011)