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EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 152

TOTAL RATINGS: 1481

CEO: Tarek Sherif

Julie Iskow — Executive VP of Product Development & CTO at Medidata

Executive Bio

Ms. Julie Iskow has been Chief Technology Officer of Medidata Solutions, Inc. since March 2, 2016. Ms. Iskow has been Executive Vice President of Product Development at Medidata Solutions, Inc. since July 20, 2016 and served as its Senior Vice President of Global Product Development. Ms. Iskow is responsible for the vision and direction of Medidata's technology strategy and leads organization that designs, develops, delivers and supports the company's client-facing products, platform and IT infrastructure. Ms. Iskow served as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at WageWorks, Inc. from 2012 to 2015. Ms. Iskow served as Senior Vice President of Product Development at WageWorks, Inc. Ms. Iskow served as Vice President of Engineering & Operations at Asyst Technologies and GW Associates, Inc., managing Software R&D, Quality Assurance, Technical Support and MIS. Ms. Iskow has extensive training and experience in Business and Economics. She joined WageWorks in 2006. Prior to joining GW Associates, she was a member of the faculty of the University of Vermont where she specialized in Small Business Management and Development. Ms. Iskow holds a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley and an M.S. from U.C. Davis.

Executive VP of Product Development & CTO Impact on Engineering Department's Culture

Julie Iskow holds the highest position within the Engineering department at Medidata — Executive VP of Product Development & CTO, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Engineering department. The average employee described daily life within the Engineering department as a Comfortably fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Medidata's Engineering department are invested in Medidata's goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	60%
No	40%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	50%
No	50%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	75%
No	25%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	88%
Negative	12%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	34%
Good	33%
Average	33%
Poor	0%
Horrible	0%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	67%
No	33%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from Medidata Employees

TOP

Medidata's Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

75% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - HR 98/100

Tenure - 5 to 10 Years 93/100

Experience - 6 to 10 Years 90/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Department - Product 67/100

Tenure - Less than 1 Year 68/100

Gender - Female 74/100

Medidata's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 86 ratings, Medidata's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A+” or 82/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the HR department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Product department.

Medidata's Executive Team ranks in the Top 10% of other companies in New York and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 1,001-5,000 Employees.

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