Glen de Vries Dig what we know so far
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Glen de Vries

- Blue Origin astronaut

- Co-founder of Medidata Solutions

- Vice Chair Life Sciences & Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes. 

- Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University

On October 13, 2021, de Vries accompanied William Shatner along with two other astronauts on a New Shepard rocket as part of the Blue Origin NS-18 mission into space.

Medidata Solutions

- The company was founded in June 1999 by Tarek Sherif, Glen de Vries and Ed Ikeguchi.

- $10M initial investment from Insight Venture Partners in 2004

- Notable Clients: Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Cancer Research UK, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis

- On January 26, 2017, Medidata filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against five former employees and Veeva Systems Inc.

- Alleges that Veeva induced former Medidata employees to reveal confidential information and trade secrets that belong to Medidata

- The case is ongoing.

Insight Venture Partners

- Founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and [[Jerry Murdock]]

- In October 2019, the firm established an office in Tel Aviv

Dassault Systèmes

- French software corporation