Research Revolution 2026
Join McCreadie Group at Research Revolution 2026 to connect with our team, learn more about Vestigo®, and hear from our President, Sara Brueck Nichols.
- Date: October 25–27, 2026
- Location: The Westin | Atlanta, GA
- Speaker: Sara Brueck Nichols
Reimagine Clinical Trial Start-Up
Clinical trial start-up is still running on spreadsheets, email chains, and crossed fingers, and timelines are slipping as a result.
Join Sara Brueck Nichols, President of McCreadie Group, and fellow industry leaders for the panel: Study Start-Up Reimagined: Killing the Startup Bottleneck.
This panel will explore how modern trial teams are moving away from slow, serial start-up processes in favor of connected workflows, parallel execution, real-time operational visibility, and AI-enabled coordination.
- Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
- Time: 1:00–1:45 PM
Meet The Team
James Spaziante
Business Development Manager
As an Enterprise Account Executive at McCreadie Group, James Spaziante brings 25 years of experience in life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on delivering innovative software solutions to digitize inefficient manual (often paper) processes. At McCreadie Group, James is responsible for understanding the needs of our enterprise customers and tailoring solutions to optimize their IDS (investigational drug service) workflow.
Cheryl Morgan Maxey, BA, PhT
Customer Success Manager
Cheryl Morgan Maxey brings over three decades of experience as a pharmacy technician and clinical research coordinator at Duke University Hospital and Health System’s Oncology Investigational Pharmacy. She joined the McCreadie Group in January 2023, bringing with her extensive knowledge as a Vestigo user since 2011. Cheryl is also a graduate of Duke University, where she obtained her BA while working at Duke. As a Customer Success Manager with McCreadie Group, Cheryl meets regularly with Vestigo clients and provides valuable guidance and answers their questions, ensuring their success.
Yvette Arceneaux
Business Development Manager
With over seven years of experience in non-clinical healthcare, specializing in Medicare and Medicaid sectors, Yvette has developed a passion to build meaningful connections and drive growth through strategic outreach and engagement.
Sara Brueck Nichols, MHA
President
Sara joined McCreadie Group in 2024 from Optum Rx, a UnitedHealth Group company. She is responsible for driving growth, product, and service strategy, and comes with nearly 25 years of experience in strategic planning, operational optimization, and data-driven decision making. For the last 8.5 years, she has focused on the intersection of marketing, operations, and technology in the pharmacy services space: including data and analytics, scalability, efficiency, transformation, and privacy. Sara holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business.
Learn More About Vestigo®
Vestigo® is a site enablement platform designed to help research sites and clinical trial pharmacies digitize and standardize IMP workflows.
Purpose-built for IMP operations, Vestigo® helps reduce manual burden and human error while supporting consistent, audit-ready processes.
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