Otis has 11 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He started out as a Research Technician in an immunology lab at New York University School of Medicine where he primarily worked on developing a lymphocyte proliferation assay. He joined the clinical research specialist group at Merck in 2000 where he co-authored protocols and clinical study reports. In this position, he also managed clinical supplies, site budgets, provided data management support, participated in the development and implementation of two spirometry systems, and managed a team of five clinical research specialists supporting respiratory studies.

Otis also contributed to several process improvement initiatives, one of which led to the creation of a dedicated patient recruitment specialist group within clinical research operations at Merck. Otis is now a manager in that dedicated group, which is now called Global Trial Optimization (GTO). Over the past year and a half, Otis has led the development of an informatics sub-function within GTO. This informatics role is responsible for the analytics that support study feasibility, enrollment projections, number of sites, geographic footprint, and other parameters within which each study is run.

Otis has a BS in Medical Laboratory Sciences, a Master of Public Administration in Health Policy and Management from NYU, and is currently working on a PhD in Management.