Life sciences has never had more people talking, and it’s never been harder to know who’s worth listening to. Everyone has a take on AI, on platforms, on where the industry is headed.
Sorting signal from noise is its own full-time job.
The voices that you should tune into are the ones doing the work: shaping the platforms, running the programs, and sharing what they’re learning as they go.
Four Of The Top Life Sciences Workflow Voices To Follow
If you want to understand where this life sciences technology is going, these are the right people:
- Joe Ferraro, SVP & GM, Life Sciences, Salesforce
Joe runs product and strategy for Agentforce Life Sciences, so he sees where AI in pharma is heading before most people do. He talks openly about the gap between how fast medicine moves and how slowly the technology behind it catches up. Lately he’s been sharing what it looks like when companies stop piloting AI and actually put it to work. Follow Joe for a clear read on where the platforms are going. Follow Joe on LinkedIn →
- Larry Jovanovic, VP of Product Management, Life Sciences, Salesforce
Larry helps build the Agentforce Life Sciences product, with a focus on regulated content and compliance. He’s honest about what AI can and can’t do yet. One recent post skipped the hype and talked about the unglamorous work of making agentic AI actually function. Follow Larry if you want a builder’s view instead of a sales pitch. Follow Larry on LinkedIn →
- Mike Cashman, Managing Director, HLS Go To Market, Salesforce
Mike leads go-to-market for Salesforce in life sciences, with a focus on turning what Medical Affairs teams already capture into insight they can act on. He talks about closing the loop between field interactions, scientific exchange, and real organizational learning, not just collecting more data. His recent focus is Agentforce Life Sciences as an “agentic insights engine,” and how teams move from mass outreach to compliant, personalized engagement at scale. Follow Mike for a practical look at where insight meets action. Follow Mike on LinkedIn→
- Oliver Dunford, VP, Life Sciences, Relay Network
Oliver works in digital patient engagement, mostly in specialty and rare disease. He recently pulled lessons from more than 500,000 patient interactions, and his takeaway was refreshingly simple: reach patients early, and send the right message instead of more messages. Follow Oliver for real numbers on what helps patients stay with their treatment. Follow Oliver on LinkedIn →
And They All Worked At Mavens
And They All Worked At MavensMany of the top voices in life sciences technology came through Mavens. We build solutions for medical affairs, commercial, and patient services, working with half of the top 20 pharma companies. That kind of work launches careers.
We’re proud of our alumni. They learned the domain and the technology here, and now they’re doing excellent work in the industry worth following. Many Mavens stay for over a decade, solving new problems for our customers the whole time. Mavens help shape what comes next and stay at the forefront of technology for life sciences, and the alumni network is part of it.
The industry moves fast. The best way to stay current is to listen to the people actually building it. Start with these four. And if you want to talk to the team still doing this work every day, we’re easy to find.
