DIGIBIO - Key Persons
Bharath B. Reddy Bynagari is a serial entrepreneur in healthcare IT. He is president, CEO and founder of MavenSphere Inc, a consulting services company established in 2007 with a mission of "innovative solutions with a human touch." Bharath invented the health information technology behind Diagnotes, an integrated healthcare communications platform.
Bharath received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Tyler. He has over 22 years of IT and healthcare experience with Eli Lilly, Stanley Works and First DataBank.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Cian has a background in Biochemistry and Scientific Entrepreneurship. He studied Biochemistry at University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. Cian was awarded a Naughton Fellowship to study in the ESTEEM Master's program at the University of Notre Dame.
Cian first began working on DigiBio as part of his Master's requirements at Notre Dame.
David Broecker is the Chief Innovation and Collaboration Officer of the Purdue Research Foundation. He is Founder and CEO of Zorion Medical, a leading medical device company focused on developing and commercializing fully-absorbable technology utilizing bio-metals. He was the Founding President and CEO of the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, and was President and CEO of Alkermes, a publicly-traded biotechnology company.
Job Titles:
- Associate Vice President of Research for University Clinical Affairs
- Is Director of the Indiana Clinical
Anantha Shekhar is director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, located at the IU School of Medicine on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is also the Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs, August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research, and Professor of Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Pharmacology & Toxicology at the IU School of Medicine, Associate Vice President for University Clinical Affairs at IU, and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs for Clinical Research at IU Health. Dr. Shekhar's areas of expertise include translational research spanning both basic and clinical research. His specific research focus is on stress, anxiety, and neuropsychiatric disorders. He has several grants from the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, and commercial collaborations that currently support his research.
Job Titles:
- Research Fellow, VP of Digital Technology, and Director of the Applied Data Sciences Center at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Daniel Robertson is a Research Fellow, VP of Digital Technology, and Director of the Applied Data Sciences Center at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute. Dr. Robertson previously served as Senior Director of Research IT at Eli Lilly and Company. He earned his PhD in physical chemistry from Florida State University.
Job Titles:
- Professor at the Kelley School of Business
Mohan Tatikonda is professor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He is an award-winning researcher and teacher specializing in operations, improvement and innovation of healthcare and life-sciences organizations. He serves on the executive board of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, as advisor to the Indiana Center for Biomedical Innovation, and as Life Sciences Research Fellow. Previouslyhe was research director of the Center for the Business of Life Sciences. Dr. Tatikonda previously served on the faculty of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.
He holds a PhD in operations management from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, and an MS in systems engineering, MBA and BS in electrical engineering all from the University of Wisconsin.
Mark Anderson is Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute. Previously, he held multiple financial leadership roles at Eli Lilly, including Investments Director for the company's pension plan, where he managed highly diversified investment portfolios totaling $13 billion in assets. He also served as Finance Director for Mergers & Acquisitions at Eli Lilly.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute
Prasanth is a seasoned leader experienced in bringing Consumer Electronics (CE) products into the market. He's a recognized expert in guiding engineering teams to deliver complex CE products into the market. Prasanth also worked with enterprise customers to migrating their applications to public Cloud Platforms.
Prasanth has extensive experience in Consumer Electronics industries including Home Automation, Telecom, Wireless, Video and Data communications. He was involved in development of IoT devices, 2G/3G wireless products, Smart WiFi devices, Set-top Boxes, high speed data modems. Prasanth ran Software Development teams for some of the industry giants like Qualcomm, Panasonic, Siemens and STMicro. He has to his credit a patent awarded for his work in WiFi arena.