Vice President, Catalyze360 AI/ML
Aliza Apple, Ph.D. is a vice president of Catalyze360 AI/ML at Eli Lilly. In this capacity, Aliza leads the strategy, build and launch of Lilly’s external-facing AI/ML efforts for drug discovery. In her previous role at Lilly, Aliza served as the COO and head of Lilly Gateway Labs West Coast, where she supported the local biotech ecosystem through early engagement and providing tailored offerings to meet their needs. Prior to Lilly, Aliza served as a co-founder at Santa Ana Bio, a venture-backed precision biologics company focused on autoimmune disease, and as an advisor to the founders of Firefly Biologics. Prior to biotech, Aliza was a partner in McKinsey & Co’s life sciences practice. During her nine years at McKinsey in New York and San Francisco, she collaborated with leaders from over 20 biopharma companies to develop their corporate and portfolio strategies, evaluate business development opportunities and improve their organizational effectiveness. Aliza completed her Ph.D. in bioengineering at UC Berkeley and UCSF, and holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Georgetown University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell Medical College supported by the NIH Kirschtein National Research Service Award.