Chris Wilke’s long, strange trip has taken him back to e-clinical trials company DataTrak International Inc. in Mayfield Heights.
The former vice president at ClickFind was named in a DataTrak lawsuit last year. DataTrak claimed that ClickFind didn’t reveal important information during DataTrak’s acquisition of the Texas company in 2006. The two companies settled in Decemberafter ClickFind defendants agreed to forgo remaining payments on a $3 million promissory note.
DataTrak designs software that acts as the information platform — or “Desktop” — for people, companies and researchers doing clinical trials.
But since then, DataTrak Chief Executive Jeff Greene has left the company — retiring in January. Now Wilke, an architect of the ClickFind software that makes up DataTrak’s main offering, is the vice president of research and development.
Wilke will report to Ray Merk, DataTrak’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Wilke will be “integrally involved in the development of the DATATRAK eClinical platform,” according to a company release.
Merk stated that Wilke’s “track record of success at the company coupled with the strong partnership he has forged with our R&D team will serve DATATRAK well as we drive our business forward.”
DataTrak also announced the government approved a patent that covers methods of managing different kinds of data in one database. Wilke stated in the release that the patent will help its customers better unify different aspects of their clinical trials.
Datatrak opened today at 12 cents.