Devika Balachandran Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Worldwide, Oo

Managing cross-functional teams of 10+ designers, engineers, and functional analysts to build 0-to-1 public health apps with thousands of users worldwide and growing program reach by up to 10x. Managing $2M+ project budgets, leading UX design and customer discovery, developing product roadmaps, leading sprint planning, and designing data models for app development.

Worldwide, Oo

Johnston, Ia, Us

- Developing a strategy and roadmap for integrating Granular and Corteva into the global agtech innovation ecosystem- Conducting customer discovery and market research for Corteva's Shared Foundations platform

Washington, Dc, Us

Developed a supply chain cost model and pricing strategy for sterile fruit fly pupae produced through MOSCAMED, a trilateral agreement between the U.S., Guatemala, and Mexico

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

- Conducted sourcing, due diligence, and financial modeling for potential portfolio investments, and new company formations with the Bayer Growth Ventures team for deals totaling $50M+ in value- Developed strategies for corporate venture capital group to engage more effectively in early-stage agtech innovation- Designed value capture models and developed partnership strategies for Bayer’s entrance into digital health and nutrition

San Francisco, California, Us

- Conducted due diligence and market analysis for potential portfolio companies- Analyzed data and co-authored articles and international agrifood tech investing reports- Updated marketing materials and managed social media for an audience of over 40k members

Worldwide, Oo

Awards and Recognition:- Ranked in the top 25% of performers amongst peer group every fiscal year.- Selected as a 2017 Chemicals and Specialty Materials Fellow. Led business development efforts and organized global meetings with firm’s experts and major clients in the chemicals industry.

Worldwide, Oo

Highlighted Projects: - Redesigned pricing strategy for a multibillion-dollar chemical manufacturing company. - Modernized funding application process for a multibillion-dollar education non-profit that provides subsidies to schools and libraries for internet infrastructure through automation and risk review. - Defined roles and responsibilities for the administrative office of a national scientific agency. Documented processes to promote knowledge sharing, resulting in $1.5M of follow-on work.

Senior independent work on nitrogen cycling in agricultural gradients in the Mississippi River Delta: Collaborated with USDA and USGS to develop project and methods of data collection, conducting data analysis through bacterial genetic fingerprinting and isotope analysis to identify a new alternative method of denitrification in the Mississippi River Delta

Reviewing albums sent by and maintaining relationships with record promoters, record labels, and artists in order to continue building WPRB's music library; compiling and reporting the station's latest top-played music; actively searching for new artists and albums to feature through live recordings in the studio or through other airplay

Princeton, Nj, Us

Providing remote and in-person help through the residential colleges and the on-campus tech clinic for students with questions and problems related to computing and telecommunications at Princeton; hardware and software trouble-shooting

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Researching participants in and the performance of domestic carbon markets and cap-and-trade programs in order to determine implications of potentially developing wetlands in Louisiana for use as carbon offsets

Researching migration patterns of vertical zooplankton migration; aggregating and analyzing data from multiple databases in order to find potential global and/or temporal patterns of such vertical migration; researching implications of vertical zooplankton migration on nutrient fluxes in the global ocean

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Management

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Democracy, Politics, And Institutions