Oncology Information Capture System
The OnICS Team
Dr Nathan Hill
B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD
CEO
Dr Hill became the first employee of OnICS back in 2007 following completion of his PhD Studentship at the Tenovus Centre for Cancer Research at the Welsh School of Pharmacy in Cardiff University. His PhD thesis focused upon analysis strategies for novel exploration of in vitro Breast cancer models resistant to successful internationally acclaimed antihormonal therapeutic drugs namely Faslodex from AstraZeneca and Tamoxifen using Affymetrix Microarray technology.
Together with our founder, Dr James Watson, Dr Hill developed and refined James’ vision for streamlining the clinical note taking process in Oncology. A USA focus resulted in Nathan collaborating, with whom would, be future US customers, namely Dr Randy Sorum MD, Olympia, WA to optimise what would become the first version of iNOTZ for radiation oncology back in 2013.
Dr Hill recognised early on from the very first version while developing the iNOTZ suite of applications, that to be successful, interoperability with existing clinical systems was key. Due to the focus on radiation oncology initially, this entailed determining the possible connectivity with marketplace leaders such as MOSAIQ from Elekta and Aria from Varian Medical Systems. Dr Hill has extensive experience working with various members of the External Interfacing Teams of both Elekta and Varian which has enabled the iNOTZ suite of applications to work side by side.
Nathan has experience working with patients, nurses, and physicians alike in both radiation and medical oncology settings and understands the pressures and challenges of their day-to-day workflow.
Today, Dr Hill leads the team at OnICS and is committed to building new relationships with industry partners to drive forward the iNOTZ suite of applications in multiple settings.
Mr Jeff Bartlett
CCO
Jeff is an Engineering graduate with a 30-year career in the IT industry. He held commercial leadership roles with AAH Meditel and Capita and prior to these had led the rapid growth & exit of several SME’s.
Jeff was also the global head of marketing for Cap Gemini’s Life Sciences practice. Over the past decade he’s worked with dozens of start-ups & SMEs on business plans, sales & marketing campaigns, value propositions, investment readiness and commercialisation. He’s raised Pre-seed, Seed & Growth investment from VC’s, Angels & Crowdfunders and has delivered BioAccelerate for Aberystwyth Innovation Campus since 2018. His role at Onics is to help us commercialise in the UK, Middle East & Europe.
Dr Mark Edwards
CIO
Dr Edwards passion for astrophysics and computer science was ignited at an early age, leading him to study Astrophysics at Cardiff University. After working at the Meteorological Office, where he was in charge of developing and implementing improvements for the Battlefield Meteorological System (BMETS), he ended up at the Intellectual Property Office as a Patent Examiner. This career segue taught him a whole new set of specialist skills and knowledge, including Intellectual Property law and a deeper understanding of computer systems. It was while undertaking a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Intellectual Property that his love of learning was reignited, leading back to Cardiff University and PhD in Astrophysics. His thesis focused on the detection of intermediate duration gravitational waves, specifically those from unknown cosmic sources.
This sort of varied and rich career history has shaped the skills of Dr Edwards, allowing him to see things differently and demonstrate the kind of flexibility of thinking that is needed for a CIO in such a quick moving area. Similarly, his technical abilities encompass a huge variety of languages and systems, and he is equally at home prototyping a new product using Objective-C in XCode, debugging a .NET application or writing a white paper.
Dr Edwards has a proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and under budget.