RAVI SEETHARAMA

*** ****** **** #***, *** Mateo, California 94404

acgg6g@r.postjobfree.com +1-919-***-****

SPECIALTIES

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New Product Development Program/Project Management Business Development

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Market Research Earned Value Management (EVM) Quality & Risk Management

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Data Analysis & Process Improvement Contract Management

• Innovation & Discovering New Intellectual Property

• Strong Skills: Problem Solving, Analytical Skill, Critical thinking, Strategic and Tactical thinking, Communications, Matrix

Management, Leadership & Drive

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA Finance)

Keller Graduate School of Management, Fremont, California 2014

MASTER OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT (MPM)

Keller Graduate School of Management, Fremont, California 2014

DOCTORAL DEGREE (PhD), ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore, India

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (#1730390) – Project Management Institute

Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Certification – UC Berkeley

Computational Chemistry and Computer Aided Drug Design Certification – American Chemical Society

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Business Development Experiences

• Supported business development activities and measured the project feasibility and commercial viability of the opportunity or

threat

• Involved in estimating Customer Centric Market Research, Market Demand and Market Mix and thoroughly understand

competitive Products Offerings, and provided information to differentiate in-house Products Vs the competitive products, that

enhance value to the Customer

• Effectively Interacted with Global Cross Functional business Team across diverse culture and established business requirements

and prioritization

• Presented new products business opportunity to the management along with the budget/schedule requirement during decision

making analysis for approval or rejection

• Provided necessary technical publications and other details to support Sales & Marketing to increase customer relations.

• Involved in continuously Collecting feedback from various key stakeholders to improve product design and sustaining business

with the existing customers and bringing new customers

• Expert in identifying CRO/CMO and negotiating contracts and establishing professional relationship with CRO/CMO for

mutual success and quality product delivery

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• Closely worked with legal attorney, patent attorney, finance/account executives to fulfill contract requirements.

PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES

• Managed New Product Development from Concept to Commercialization and highly Contributed in Value Proposition

• Possess Superior Knowledge of MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, Chemoffice, Minitab (for statistical data analysis), SAP

(sales & Distribution), @ Risk (risk management), SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein Crossfire, Thomson Pharma, CAS, Nerac,

PubMed, CSA and numerous others.

• Expert in bringing Chemistry Manufacturing and Control, CMC, activities under Project Management by using Microsoft

Project

• Expert in aligning all the Product Development work packages with Regulatory CMC requirements & cGMP Manufacturing by

using Microsoft Project that mitigates the risk of leaving behind any activities that prevent to obtain permit to

Commercialization

• Expert in developing a detailed and clear Program/Project Requirement Analysis & Improving Customer Value Proposition

• Involved in Continuous Process Improvement, that increase the quality of the product, by introducing Clients Wants & Needs

(Voice of the Customer)

• Provided Market Research on Product and in-depth data analysis for Project Prioritization & Product Development

• Effectively communicated Program/Project Goals, Roles & Responsibilities, and EVM (Program/Project Status Report,

Program/Project Budget updates, Program/Project Schedule updates) and reduced the Conflict

• Expert in Conducting Program/Project Phase Gate Review meeting at key juncture in the Program/Project life cycle for

Strategic alignment, Investment appraisal, Benefit assessment, Monitoring & Controlling opportunities/threats, and Monitoring

of Program/Project Outcomes

• Actively participated during Decision Making Process

• Strong Skills: Critical thinking, Strategic and Tactical thinking, Communications, Negotiations, Analytical, Matrix

Management, Leadership & Drive

• Strong knowledge in Identifying and evaluating the organization's risk areas, financial analysis, and providing recommendations

to mitigate identified risk.

• A Project Management professional with a strong background in technical writing to support New Product Development,

Technology Transfers, Quality Management, Process Improvements and Change Controls.

• Liaised with various Functional Departments including CRO/CMO, Sales & Marketing to gather Project Requirements.

• Regularly interacted with attorneys (Legal & Patent) & Regulatory Advisor to mitigate contract risk, conflict and regulatory

requirements

• Expert in Identifying, analyzing and selecting Vendors, CROs, CMOs those alliances with company strategy, technical

specification, regulatory requirements, suppliers capabilities, prices, terms and conditions and work closely with Attorney

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Company Name Title Description Duration

Chakra Biosciences, President & Program Product Development 4/2010 to Present

Manager

Redwood City, California

Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Project Specialist Product Development 8/2007 to 1/2010

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Department of Radiology, DUKE Consultant Received in-depth training on 12/2006 to 7/2007

University Radiation Labeling

Durham, North Carolina

Biolink Life Sciences, Director Product Development 8/2002 to 11/2006

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

MD Anderson Cancer Center Postdoctoral Researcher PI3 Kinase Inhibitor 9/2001 to 8/2002

Houston, Texas

The University of Texas Postdoctoral Researcher Ricin Inhibitor 9/1999 to 8/2001

Austin, Texas Telomerase Inhibitor

The University of North Texas Postdoctoral Researcher High Energetic Molecule 9/1998 to 8/1999

Denton, Texas Macromolecules

Center National Research Scientific Postdoctoral Researcher Fluorine Bio-Organic 3/1997 to 8/1998

Chemistry

Paris, France

IDL Nitro Nobel Basic Research Center Scientist Chemical Process Development 05/1988 to 02/1997

- API

R&D Division of IDL Industries Ltd

Bangalore, India

Smith Kline and French Pharmaceuticals Chemist Quality Control & Assurance 04/1985 to 04/1988

Bangalore, India

HONORS & AWARDS

• IDL Industries Sponsored PhD Degree, India

• Center National Research Scientifique Award, France

• Welch Foundation Award, USA

PUBLICATIONS

More than 20 publications in reputed journals

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