Jake is the chief researcher for DMC business development. He is a Pharmacologist specializing in pharmaco-epidemiology. He has technical and managerial skills in applied clinical research, evidence-based medicine, project planning and business management as well as business driven research in pharmaceutical management. He has been involved with capacity building in both private and public sectors.

He has a BSc (Pharmacolgy) from Makerere University, a PGD in Project Planning and Management from the Islamic University in Uganda, a PGD in Applied Clinical Research and Evidence-based Medicine from Makerere University, an MSc Pharmacolgy from Makerere University, an MBA (International Business) from Amity University in India and is presently a PhD candidate on the Makerere University / Karolinska Institutet programme.