Gayle Flynn

Cognizant (Zenith Technologies)
Engagement Delivery Partner
Gayle serves as an Engagement Delivery Partner at Cognizant, where she has been employed for the past nine years. She is an enthusiastic supporter of ISPE Women in Pharma, where she is a Women in Pharma Ambassador. She has worked in clinical research for more than 20 years. Prior to joining Cognizant, Gayle held positions of increasing responsibility at Pfizer, PPD, Quintiles and GSK. Gayle is known for driving innovation and transformation in the IRT and clinical supplies space and has earned a reputation as a dynamic, people, and patient-focused solutions-oriented leader.

Gayle was recognized as a Health Care Business Women’s Association (HBA) Luminary in 2021. She credits her success in the industry to creating strategies with a patient-first mindset while building highly competent diverse teams that can flawlessly execute against those strategies. With more than 10 years of leadership experience in managing and inspiring large teams, she fosters environments built on trust and psychological safety.

Gayle's influence extends far beyond her current role. Alongside her position at Cognizant, she has a regular presence at major industry events, presenting at prestigious conferences such as the Society for Quality Assurance Annual Meeting (SQA), Interactive Response Technologies (IRT), Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM), and the Society for Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA).

Outside of her professional endeavors, Gayle is deeply involved in her community. She's a driving force as a community leader for the Raleigh Women in Technology Network (WIT), a Cognizant Outreach Coordinator for the Raleigh Durham area, and serves as Marketing Director at Large for the Raleigh chapter of HBA.

Gayle earned a master’s degree in 2017 from Harvard University (ALM) and a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. She is a community leader for the Raleigh Women in Technology Network (WIT), a Cognizant Outreach Coordinator for the Raleigh Durham area, and has the role of Marketing Director at Large for the Raleigh chapter of HBA. Gayle lives in Cary, NC, with her husband and has four children and a dog named Maisie.