Speakers

Justin H. Johnson builds the AI and data platforms that power oncology R&D at AstraZeneca. As Executive Director of Oncology Data Science, he leads a multidisciplinary organization of engineers, data scientists, AI specialists, and product managers delivering an integrated platform ecosystem, from FAIR data foundations to agentic AI execution, that researchers use daily to accelerate cancer drug development.

Johnson’s career spans two decades of turning scientific ambition into scalable infrastructure, from early large-scale genomic sequencing at the J. Craig Venter Institute to enterprise AI at AstraZeneca. He represents a hands-on model of R&D technology leadership: working closely with scientific visionaries, operationalizing their needs into platforms, and scaling through great engineering teams. For those interested in how AI platforms are tangibly reshaping drug discovery from the inside, his perspective bridges strategy and implementation.