# Jian Chen

> Jian Chen is the Princeton-based founder, president and CEO of EDETEK, established in 2009. A former co-founder and CTO of Q-Square Business Intelligence, he architected the metadata repository underlying EDETEK’s CONFORM platform and leads a business spanning enterprise software, data services and managed AI.

- **Role:** Founder, President and CEO at EDETEK
- **Organizations:** EDETEK, Q-Square Business Intelligence
- **Education:** MBA, Finance and Strategy, Columbia University / Columbia Business School, MS, Biostatistics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Virginia, School of Medicine / Virginia Commonwealth University
- **Known for:** Founded EDETEK in 2009., Architected the metadata repository at the core of EDETEK’s CONFORM platform., Led the company through the R&D Cloud, BioStat.AI and Ensemble announcements.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2009** — Co-founder and CTO of Q-Square Business Intelligence.
- **2009** — Founded EDETEK in New Jersey; Crunchbase dates his president and CEO role to December.
- **2017** — Led EDETEK as it announced Information Hub and Clinical Data Lake and expanded product services and business development leadership.
- **2023** — EDETEK announced its enterprise partnership with Medidata.
- **2024** — Welcomed Shakthi Kumar as chief strategy and business officer, reporting to Chen and the board.
- **2025** — Led EDETEK during the launches of R&D Cloud in January and BioStat.AI in September; listed as an AI session speaker at SAPA in September.
- **2026** — EDETEK launched Ensemble AI managed services in January and announced a sponsor partnership program in July.

## Achievements

- Founded EDETEK in 2009.
- Architected the metadata repository at the core of EDETEK’s CONFORM platform.
- Led the company through the R&D Cloud, BioStat.AI and Ensemble announcements.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — EDETEK announced an R&D Cloud sponsor partnership program; Chen discussed making continuous regulatory visibility practical.
- **2026-05** — In a Bio-IT World post tied to the May 21 event, Chen discussed reusable institutional knowledge and credited EDETEK’s teamwork on a neuro-symbolic approach.
- **2026-01** — Quoted in the January 14 Ensemble AI managed services launch.
- **2026-01** — Announced as a January 14 conference presenter alongside Shakthi Kumar; this records the announcement, not independent confirmation of attendance.

## Links

- Website: https://edetek.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jian-chen-89aa832

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Last updated: 2026-10-25