Iain McFadyen

(Fractional) CAIO | Advisory Board Member | Strategic Consultant

Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States

About

Chief Data Science Officer (CDSO) with a proven track record of building, leading, and developing innovative and impactful teams in computational sciences and digital systems up to ~50 individuals. Strategic leader with experience across multiple technology platforms, therapeutic modalities, and stages of drug discovery from target identification to clinical trials. Highly motivated and versatile contributor with a track record of technical excellence, collaboration, problem solving, innovation, teamwork, and strategic leadership.

Experience

  • Fractional Chief Technology Officer at Eclipsebio
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Continuing the work with Eclipsebio after the acquisition of Terrain Bio.

  • Fractional Chief AI Officer at Abogen Biosciences
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Fractional Chief AI Officer at SymphoRNA
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

  • Founder at Applied Insights Consulting LLC
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Strategic advice for biotechs focused on computational science applications and the supporting digital infrastructure and systems. Broad experience across computational chemistry, computational biology, and ML/AI as applied to small molecules, proteins, RNA, and gene editing.

  • Terrain Biosciences (7 mos)
    • Fractional Chief Data Science Officer
      Oct 2025 - Jan 2026 · 4 mos

    • Advisory Board Member
      Jul 2025 - Jan 2026 · 7 mos