Martin Leach is Chief Information Officer at the Broad Institute. In this role, he oversees and helps integrate the Institute’s multi-faceted computing and information technology-related endeavors. Martin comes to the Broad from Merck & Co., where he led IT for Discovery and Pre-Clinical Sciences across all the North American research sites. Over his career he has provided support and strategic vision for IT, informatics, and data-mining activities at a range of life sciences organizations, from basic research laboratories to large pharmaceutical companies. Martin received his Ph.D. in pharmacology from Boston University School of Medicine and his B.Sc. in cell and molecular sciences from Anglia Polytechnic University.