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Accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry based in the vibrant biotech hub of Kendall Sq, Cambridge, MA. Previously worked for major companies - Johnson & Johnson, Shire, Wyeth, and Pharmacia & Upjohn, as well as emerging ones like Flexion Therapeutics, Critical Therapeutics, and Clinquest, Inc. Demonstrated expertise and deep operational experience across a range of therapeutics areas and treatment modalities in drug discovery and development, program leadership and strategic planning including being a key contributor to multiple now approved drugs. Now a widely-connected, scientifically rigorous and collaborative business development executive. With extensive experience strategically sourcing transformational innovation, have led over 50 deep integrated opportunity assessments/due diligences and hundreds of initial diligences. Experienced in structuring and negotiating transactions such as M&A, license agreements, research collaborations and in managing alliances/partnerships. A collaborative leader of cross-functional teams, I drive value creation, decision-making and strategic objectives.At Cellarity, I am further applying and expanding my skills leading business development activities and managing partnerships for Cellarity’s unique data-driven, AI/ML-enabled platform which identifies novel biological insight into complex diseases to drive a radical new approach to drug discovery.In addition, I serve as a member of the External Advisory Board of the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences at Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA, an EIR at Yale Ventures, New Haven, CT and am an advisor to Acoustica Bio, Cambridge, MA, local entrepreneurs and several life science accelerator programs.I earned a PhD in Bioengineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. I also hold an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership, from MIT's Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA.

Listed skills include Clinical Development, Biotechnology, Drug Development, R&D, and 12 others.