Robert Chu

Robert Chu is the co-founder and CEO of Embleema, a New York-based clinical research platform that collects and generates regulatory-grade evidence to accelerate precision medicine. He founded the company in 2017 after nearly three decades in enterprise technology and life sciences data, including roles as Senior Vice President of Global Technology Solutions at IQVIA (formerly QuintilesIMS), where he ran a 1,400-person, $800M SaaS business, and prior leadership positions at IMS Health in France, China, and Asia Pacific, following 15+ years at IBM. Trained as an engineer at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, he now works at the intersection of patient consent, blockchain, and clinical data collection, with Embleema partnering with pharma sponsors and the FDA on real-world evidence workflows.