Jen Lapan

Jen Lapan is an accomplished professional leading product management at Pepper, the Broad Institute's innovative direct-to-patient research software platform.

Her expertise includes software product management, agile methodologies, scrum, IRB, human subjects research, D2P, cohort building, patient data management, data privacy regulations like GINA and GDPR, and technologies like FHIR and Google Health API.

Jen excels in UX/UI design, user interaction strategies, and specializes in precision medicine, personalized healthcare, and engineering outsourcing management.

She has extensive experience in managing teams, both locally and offshore, certified as a scrum product owner, proficient in tools like JIRA, Confluence, and has skills in requirements gathering, technical and narrative writing, public speaking, and understanding customer needs.

Her strengths lie in producing specifications, rapid prototyping, lean development, code coverage, continuous integration, software business analysis, CMS, search engine optimization, customer relationship management, and stakeholder engagement.

Jen has actively worked on various projects including complex healthcare initiatives, oncology, rare diseases, CVD projects, patient registries, and is knowledgeable in managing open source software like Firecloud, Terra, Workbench, CMI, and Count Me In.

Her education background includes studying Web Development, Physical and Biological Anthropology, and Japanese.

Jen's professional journey includes roles as Principal Software Product Manager at Broad Institute, Project Manager at EPAM Systems, Business Development Manager at Neova Solutions, and past positions at various organizations spanning from technology to community service.

In addition to her professional roles, Jen has been involved in volunteer commitments, co-ownership of a design company, and served in leadership and teaching positions demonstrating a well-rounded skill set and dedication to her work.