Management Team

BRUCE DALZIEL
Chief Financial Officer

As chief financial officer at Medidata Solutions, Bruce is responsible for leading the company's finance and legal functions.

Bruce brings over 25 years of experience to Medidata Solutions with a strong background in driving financial strategy and results across functions for large global corporations. Before joining Medidata, Bruce served as the CFO of NYSE-listed BISYS Inc. from 2005 to 2007, and as CFO of NASDAQ-listed DoubleClick, Inc. from 2000 to 2005. During his tenure in these positions, Bruce managed all aspects of finance—including financial reporting and control, tax, treasury and risk management, as well as investor relations, facilities, corporate technology, business operations and legal, with substantial merger and acquisitions activity in both roles. Prior to DoubleClick, Bruce held a variety of positions at Prudential Insurance Company of America over a 14 year period, including corporate vice president of financial planning and analysis, vice president of institutional asset management sales and CFO of international insurance.

Bruce has degrees in Industrial Engineering (Georgia Tech) and English Literature (Ursinus College) and earned his MBA from Columbia University.

MICHAEL OTNER
General Counsel

As General Counsel at Medidata Solutions, Mike is responsible for managing the legal affairs of the company, including furnishing legal and corporate development advice to the company’s CEO and other senior executives.

Mike has over 10 years of experience managing legal operations, with extensive knowledge in securities law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, employment law and licensing. Prior to joining Medidata, Mike served as associate general counsel, vice president and assistant secretary of The BISYS Group, Inc. (acquired by Citibank) where he was responsible for a broad range of SEC and general corporate matters as well as all legal support for the company's private equity services business. He previously held various counsel roles of increasing responsibility over a five year period at Globespan (NASDAQ: GSPN) and Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT), which include serving as general counsel of Globespan during 2003 to 2004 and as general counsel of Conexant following its acquisition of Globespan until 2005. Mike began his legal career specializing in corporate and securities law at Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, a law firm based in New York City.

Mike holds a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and received his B.B.A from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.