ABOUT
Built on a Bridge.
Who I Am
C. Marie Flessa, MPH - founder of Bridgid Advisory, public health practitioner, and someone who's spent 10 years in biopharma and clinical adjacent research, within data-centric aspects of operations.
Her background spans EDC system design and configuration, clinical trial operations as global Data Management main point of contact for eCOA, authoring and maintaining regulatory and audit-ready documentation, and cultivating team cohesion across global Phase I–III trials and multiple therapeutic areas. She has worked across diverse environments, most notably Clario, Kayentis, Pfizer via Atrium, and now as Founder & Principal Consultant for this very practice.
What matters more than anything to her: learning the lesson that solid data infrastructure isn't a luxury, nor is it a back-office concern. It's the vital, connective tissue of reliable science. And when organizations treat it as such - when they invest upstream in architecture, strategy, and team capability - everything else gets easier.
Education
Master of Public Health (MPH), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Graduate training in both Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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Selected Experience.
Examples of where I have contributed in the field, showing what expertise I bring, including skills to leverage for your particular project's needs.
Honorable Mention: Special Project
Client-Facing Vendor Roles as CDM
Novel Wearable Data Quality Framework
Global eCOA CDM
Managed client-facing eCOA across 10-15+ concurrent global Phase I-III trials spanning multiple therapeutic areas. Recipient of ERT Excellence Award in recognition of exceptional client delivery and cross-functional leadership.
Lead Capacity Demonstrated
EDC & Data Governance
Directed design and build of novel wearable data governance QC framework - six deliverable categories delivered in under six months with no existing vendor precedent. The result: a replicable framework that can be used across programs.
Led EDC and eCOA platform implementations and associated data governance for global Sponsors & their CROs across oncology and additional indications, from study kick-offs through build config, go-live, and post-production data support.
The Name & The Philosophy
Bridgid carries meaning... on two levels.
Brigid + Bridge = Bridgid
In Celtic tradition, Brigid is the patron of craft, healing, and wisdom - associated with the sacred work of building and tending. That spirit informs how I approach this work: with care, precision, and a deep respect for the people the work ultimately serves.
Professionally, the name reflects the core function: building bridges - between data systems and the humans who use them, between clinical operations and the scientific leaders they support, between what exists and what is possible.
Bridge · Identity · Data
Bridge
I connect clinical data systems to the research teams and populations they serve. Good data infrastructure is the connective tissue of reliable science.
Identity
Every organization has a research identity: its workflows, its culture, its goals. I don't impose generic solutions. I lead design and build of systems and strategies that complement.
Data
Data is the constant, it's the ever living why. Everything I do - from advising on certain topics to preparing bespoke materials tailored for the client's needs - is geared toward protecting integrity, usability, and meaning of data.
IS YOUR TEAM PREPARED TO READY TO TAKE NEXT STEPS?
Reach out to talk.
If you're dealing with data or operations challenges, and want to explore whether I can help, let's talk.
I work best with organizations that have a specific challenge and are ready to solve it properly - not patch it.