Board of Directors
Robert K. Weiler
As Chairman and CEO, Bob Weiler has guided Phase Forward to its current position as a leading provider of integrated data management solutions for clinical trials and drug safety. In 2004, Bob led the company to a successful public offering. Under Weiler’s leadership, Phase Forward acquired Lincoln Technologies in August 2005, adding innovative products and services for strategic pharmacovigilance, clinical trials signal detection and applied data standards to the company’s portfolio.
Weiler has more than 30 years of technology-industry leadership experience, including his previous tenure as Giga Information Group's chairman, president and CEO. Earlier in his career, Weiler served as president and CEO of Eastman Software (formerly Wang Software), as well as senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, for Lotus Development Corporation, where he was instrumental in expanding the company's Lotus Notes business.
Weiler currently serves on the board of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), and he previously served on the boards of the directors of the Waterville Valley Company, Saint Anselm's College, Corporate Software, Distributed Management Systems, Cullinet Software, Interleaf, DataLogix, and Giga Information Group. Weiler is known broadly in the information-technology community, in part for the monthly InformationWeek column he authored.
Weiler received a B.A. from Saint Anselm’s College, where he additionally received an honorary doctorate in 2000. He received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award in the Healthcare IT category in New England. In 2006, he was named to the prestigious PharmaVOICE 100 list, and he was also named 2006 CEO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, an award that honors individuals who best exemplify leadership and excellence in business and technology. Subsequent to this award, Weiler was invited to become a trustee of the Council.
