DR HRIDESH DIXIT

Lead IP Professional, General Electric, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Pursuing executive management course in strategic management from IIMK (GE sponsored)

Strategic Technology, IP and Business Analyst ( • Healthcare • Lifesciences • Diagnos tics)

Mobile No: +919********* ; E M ail: d ab2nq8@r.postjobfree.com ; d ab2nq8@r.postjobfree.com

Working towards creating new dimensions of business & commercial excellence by trading IP as

differentiating monetary instruments and optimizing all related commercial processes of business model. (Very

critical aspect of my present candidature)

A competent professional with over 7 years of industrial experience

Presently associated with GE Global Research (Healthcare) as Lead IP Professional

Expertise in business intelligence, strategic marketing, technology licensing, mergers & acquisitions, IP &

technology landscaping and IP portfolio management

6 years of R&D experience, specialized in genomics, cell biology and diagnostics

PhD Life Sciences from CCMB/JNU, Diplomas in IPR from WON Netherlands and PRG USA, Management

certification from IIM, Six sigma green belt certified

FUNCTIONAL SKILL SET

Corporate consulting activities and put forward strategic recommendations for further review to senior

business leaders for activities like choosing customer segments, geographical preferences, product design,

investments, business model, supplier/manufacturer selection, third party contract strategies etc.

Creation of business case (market sizing and projections, CECOR, value chain analysis, network mapping,

business models, value matrices, unmet needs, potential partners/competitors, M&A targets, technology trends

and key players, SWOT analysis and business intelligence)

Lead large IP & strategic commercial projects and associated analytic teams in the various areas of healthcare

including lifesciences, in vitro diagnostics, medical imaging, cellular therapeutics, patient care etc.

Teaming with technology leaders to identify and mitigate competitive barriers and identify opportunities for

IP portfolio improvement/development/acquisition/divestment

Identification of licensing, assertion, tech transfer and related opportunities (ad-hoc/projects) by analysing

portfolios (patents, trade secrets, disclosures etc), potential licensees

IP and technology landscape, risk analysis/FTO for advanced stage R&D projects

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Coordination of various India specific market study projects with IIMs for GE across all businesses

Expertise in working with databases like Hoovers, D&B, SciFinder, Innography, Patbase, Thomson

Innovation, Medline, SAP Business Objects

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since Apr’11 GE Global Research as Lead IP Professional

Role:

Corporate consulting activities for senior business leaders

Mentoring new team members for business analytic and commercial IP skills

Strategy analyst for GE’s vast IP and technology portfolio (2013 revenue 30+ MM USD, more than 100

granted and pending US/EP patent publications) and responsible for its out-licensing programs, ecosystem based

innovation programs, strengthening GE’s continued value dominator role. This major project is publicly

announced as a new licensing company “Research Circle Technologies” wholly subsidiary of General Electric.

Developing commercial programs for GE’s other licensable technology portfolios.

Coordinating several GE and IIM Ahmedabad interactions on outsourced marketing feasibility projects across

all verticals (energy, healthcare, software, transportation etc).

May’10 – Dec’12 GE Global Research (Healthcare) as Team Coordinator role

Role:

Lead Projects related with business case, M&A activities, strategic marketing and IP support.

Coordinate the project team and required resources. (project team members are highly qualified, most are

PhDs from best Indian institutions e.g. IISc, IIT, CDFD etc. with 2-4 years of post-doc experience e.g. Harvard

Med School, Univ of Chicago, Univ of Texas, Yale Univ. prior to GE).

Since May’08-Apr’10 GE Global Research (Healthcare) as Research IP Professional

Role:

Development of business case for emerging life-sciences/diagnostics/healthcare technology platforms

Strategic marketing (identification of potential partners/competitors; Setting up short-mid-long term business

goals; Technology trends and strategic recommendations) for large R&D project

IP & technology landscaping and risk analysis for multi-faced R&D programs

Licensing analysis for tech transfer, assertion, JV opportunities from core and non-core IP

Extensive claim interpretation, invalidity analysis, Patentability analysis

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Attainments:

Business case for two projects resulted in acclaimed partnership s for Joint R&D

Presented two hour long overview about a large industry segment to Global Research CEO

Received three awards for highly impactful project contribution including two management award

Role model analyst for 2011

Aug’ 07 – Apr’08 Invitrogen BioServices India as Scientist (E-Science)

Role:

Supporting the design of new R&D projects and technologies

Analysis of customer behaviors and relevant product requirements

Market research and business intelligence

Market and financial report analysis

Attainments:

Identified competitive, customer behavior, technical trends for 5 major Invitrogen product lines

Aug’ 06 – Jul’ 07 BioGenex Life Sciences (Onsite USA) as Scientist (R&D)

Role:

R&D related with molecular pathology, cell culture, antibody production and conjugation chemistry of bio

molecules

Leading the technical team for histopathological testing and services on automated and manual tissue stainers

Ensuring adherence to quality standards during manufacturing of bio-reagents

Attainments:

Actively involved in New Product Development Process and technical writing

Achieved significant improvement in FFPE tissue based ISH kit for HPV detection by designing DNA probes

for additional HPV strains

ACADEMIA

2008 Ph.D. Life Sciences from Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India affiliated with

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Thesis: “Genetic Analysis of Women with Ovarian Failure” involving advanced genomics and cell biology research

under the supervision of globally acclaimed Scientist & former Director ‘CCMB’ Dr Lalji Singh

(Dr Lalji Singh is presently vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India –the best ranked Indian

university)

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2002 M Sc Microbiology from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India

Academic Accolades: BSc College Topper in ‘99 MSc Department Topper in ‘02

2013 Executive PGP in strategic management from IIM Kozhikode, India

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Dixit et al. Human Reproduction, 2004 Aug; 19(8): 1760-1764

Dixit et al. Menopause, 2005 Nov-Dec; 12(6): 749-754

Dixit et al. Human Genetics, 2006 May; 119(4): 408-415

Dixit et al. Human Reproduction, 2006 Aug; 21(8): 2041-2046

Dixit et al. Human Reproduction, 2006 Jun; 21(6): 1643-1644

Dixit et al. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2010 Jun; 20(6): 724-740

Panda et al. Gynecological Endocrinology, July 2010 (Epub)

RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN

Cell Biology/ Protein Research Experience - Mammalian cell culture, Microbiological techniques, Protein

purification & characterization, HPLC & FPLC, Blotting techniques

Diagnostics Research Experience – Cytogenetics, FISH, Immunohistochemistry, ISH, Functional Conjugation of

Molecules

Genomics Research Experience - Nucleic Acid Isolation, PCR techniques, DNA Sequencing and Genescan,

Haplotyping, Cloning, mutagenesis

AWARDS AND LAURELS

Holds the distinction of receiving following awards for showing exemplary performance

President Scout Award in 1999

State Merit Scholarship for the year 2001- 02

CSIR (NET) Lectureship July 2001

CSIR (NET) Junior Research Fellowship Dec. 2001

CSIR Senior Research Fellowship 2004

GE Management Award 2009

GE Management Award 2011

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CERTIFICATION / TRAININGS

Title: Manufacturing and QC training

Organisation: BioGenex Laboratories, California, USA

Duration: Feb’ 07 – Apr’ 07

Role: Understanding Raw material inventory; manufacturing procedures, QC of raw materials, finished goods, bio

reagents and customer issues

Title: Diploma in IPR

Organisation: Werkgemeenschap Octrooiinformatie Nederland

Duration: Oct’ 08 – Feb’ 09

Role: European patent laws, Search Strategies, Patent Reading, Patent Registers, Patent Classification Systems, EP vs.

US Patent Laws, Novelty Search, Claim Interpretation

Title: IPR Analyst Training

Organization: Patent Resource Group, USA/GE

Duration: May’09 – Nov’ 09

Role: Thorough understanding and case studies related with US patent law

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Languages: English, Hindi

Gender: Male

Passport: J7053486 (US B1/B2 Visa)

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CATCHWORDS

Biotechnology, Lifesciences, Genomics, Cell Biology, Diagnostics, Pathology, IVD, Medical Imaging, Corporate

Consulting, Business Intelligence, Intellectual Property Rights, Licensing, Strategic Marketing, Mergers and

Acquisitions, Business Development, Patents, WIPO, USPTO, 35USC, EPO, Thomson, Patbase, Innography, SAP

Business Objects, Sieble, Databases, Clinical Trials, CRM, R&D, Product Development, Project Life Cycle, Office

Actions, MS Office, Value Chain Analysis, Benchmarking, Industry Trends, GE, Invitrogen, BioGenex, CCMB,

India, PhD, MBA, Diplomas, Six Sigma, Analyst, Team Lead, IIM

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