Vitali Proutski has over 18 years of professional experience in molecular and cell biology, research informatics and biostatistics. Until recently, he has been responsible for all operational activities of the Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Department of Almac Diagnostics (BU of Almac Group Ltd), a biomarker discovery, diagnostic assay development and bioinformatics consultancy solutions provider. In this role, Vitali has established the data analysis consultancy capabilities and has been involved in a number of internationally sponsored biomarker discovery projects, as well as in developing and validating robust and clinically applicable biomarker assays. In addition to the operational responsibilities, Vitali, along with other members of the senior management team, has been defining and developing an overall commercial products and services strategy of the company.

Prior to joining Almac, Vitali spent several years working in the UK and the Netherlands for Organon, a pharmaceutical company. There he was first responsible for setting up the UK Bioinformatics team supporting projects in Target Discovery and Lead Optimization, and later for the application of “omics” and computational technologies to the identification and characterization of compound toxicity/safety issues in Selection Phase of Lead Optimization. Vitali has also worked for the UK Medical Research Council and Oxagen Ltd., a small UK biotech company.

Vitali graduated with a Medical Degree (Cum Laude) from the 1^st Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia, and also received DPhil Degree in Computational Biology from the University of Oxford, UK.