Aaron Mann

Aaron Mann is Chief Executive Officer at the CRDSA, where he is building an agentic AI platform to deliver clinical data harmonization as scalable and reproducible infrastructure. Aaron led the 2021 multi-stakeholder effort to establish CRDSA and initially served as its Senior Vice President, Data Science. Before co-founding CRDSA, he led Roche's industry collaborations data sharing initiatives and, as the industry lead for TransCelerate BioPharma's data-sharing platform, drove the industry's COVID-19 patient-level data-sharing initiative. Aaron's current work sits at the intersection of AI strategy and clinical research infrastructure, applying agentic AI and large language models to solve data interoperability challenges that have historically blocked secondary use of patient-level data at scale. With over 25 years of experience spanning global enterprises, high-growth technology companies, and early-stage startups, he brings deep expertise in AI-enabled data strategy, cross-organization collaboration, and the regulatory and governance frameworks that shape how AI can be responsibly deployed.