About VISFO

We help life sciences companies turn ambition into action.

VISFO is a specialist team of strategists, scientists, engineers and designers. We exist to compress the distance between a good idea and a real outcome.

Our story

Built for what life sciences needs next.

VISFO was founded on a simple observation: the most important work in life sciences was being slowed down by tools, processes and partners designed for a slower era.

We combine deep industry expertise with modern AI, data science and software engineering — and we use them together, on the same team, on the same problem.

The result is fewer hand-offs, faster decisions, and outcomes that show up in the metrics that matter.

Dr Simon Leigh
We're not here to demo AI. We're here to ship outcomes — measured in the metrics that matter.
Dr Simon Leigh · Director of Research
Our approach

We are not AI tourists.

We have spent thousands of hours building with AI across software, content, analytics and operations. That means understanding not just where AI is impressive — but where it breaks.

The result is practical innovation that delivers measurable outcomes.

  • 01AI engineering

    We build with AI in production, not in slides, and we know where it breaks.

  • 02Data science

    Rigorous methods applied to the messy realities of life sciences data.

  • 03Commercial thinking

    Strategy that survives contact with markets, payers and competitors.

  • 04Life sciences expertise

    Years inside pharma, medtech and biotech, not adjacent to them.

  • 05Software development

    Operational products designed to last, not experiments that drift.

  • 06Product design

    Interfaces and experiences that make complex work feel obvious.

The team

The people behind the work.

A multidisciplinary group of scientists, strategists, engineers and designers.

Dr Max Noble

Dr Max Noble

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Louise Street-Docherty

Dr Louise Street-Docherty

VP Strategic Intelligence

Charlie Brook

Charlie Brook

Chief Innovation Officer

Dr Frances Pearson

Dr Frances Pearson

Senior Director

Dr Rachael Hagan

Dr Rachael Hagan

Director of Product

Dr Simon Leigh

Dr Simon Leigh

Director of Research

James Iremonger

James Iremonger

Head of Data Science

Paul Granby

Paul Granby

Head of Evidence and Information Science

Russell Horn

Russell Horn

Senior Designer

Lily Parsons

Lily Parsons

UX Research Consultant

Lynsey Horn

Lynsey Horn

Researcher

Danica Smith

Danica Smith

Researcher

Brian McStay

Brian McStay

Director of Security

Megan Stoker

Megan Stoker

Associate Consultant

Build what comes next.

Whether you need growth, answers or capability, VISFO helps you move earlier and faster.