MANGO SCIENCES - Key Persons
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- Professor - Rajiv Gandhi Medical School
Job Titles:
- Vice - President, Operations
Chitrang brings to Mango Sciences 10+ years of cross-functional experience at the intersection of healthcare and life sciences strategy and operations. Across stints as a strategy consultant, angel investor, healthcare executive, clinical practitioner, and research scientist, Chitrang has worked with organisations across India, China, the USA, and the APAC and EMEA regions.
Prior to joining Mango Sciences, Chitrang was a Strategy Consultant with the specialised Therapeutic Area Transformation team in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Strategy practice at Monitor Deloitte. He has also worked with Max Healthcare in India as an Assistant General Manager in their coveted LEAD Program, driving operational and strategic initiatives for their tertiary care businesses. His clinical and research work during his post-graduate residency program focused on health policy (member of the core committee of Govt. of India's National List of Essential Medicines - 2016) and HIV/AIDS research (pharmacovigilance of newer HAART regimens).
Chitrang holds a bachelor's degree in Medicine (MBBS) from Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, and dual post-graduate degrees - MD in Clinical Pharmacology from the AIIMS, New Delhi, and MBA in Finance from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Job Titles:
- Global Head of Data - AbbVie / Global Head of Health Economics, at Pfizer
Gavin comes with a proven track record, and he is an accomplished leader responsible for developing and managing the RWE Analytics franchise, supporting all analytic functions serving the life science industry. He has worked extensively in outcomes research, partnering with clients to develop research ideas that crystalise the value story of their products. With 15+ years of data science experience in Life Sciences & customer-facing engagements, Gavin leads the team from data selection and study design to the communication of final recommendations.
Gavin's current interest & focus area is innovation in the application of A.I./machine learning to real-world data. He has completed his Master's from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, and has a Bachelor's Degree from MIT.
Mohit brings 20 years of broad healthcare experience to Mango Sciences as a surgeon, trained health economist, top-tier strategy consultant, and investor with experience building teams in early-stage companies. Previously, he has held positions as Head of Digital Health at TPG's Evercare Health Fund and Chief Medical Officer & VP of Health Systems of the Harvard big data spin out Aetion Inc.. He has worked extensively in life sciences strategy consulting in Europe and the US at London-based Booz&Co. Mohit has policy experience at the UK Dept. of Health and the World Health Organisation and sat on the prestigious UK NICE Health Technology Assessment Committee. He obtained his Bachelor's in Immunology and MD from King's College London and his Master's in Health Economics from the London School of Economics.
Job Titles:
- Vice - President, MENA & APAC
- Vice President of Commercial MENA & APAC
Navinder Singh Sachar is the Vice President of Commercial MENA & APAC for Mango Sciences. He is a senior business executive with 29+ years of experience driving growth and profitability strategies across worldwide markets. Setting and scaling up businesses/product verticals across geographies, and delivering on organisational goals of revenue maximisation to gain market leadership comprises his forte.
Before Mango Sciences, Navinder was with IBM for over two decades. In his last assignment, he set up the IBM Watson Health business for India/SA with additional sales leadership responsibility for the Oncology & Genomics portfolio across the Asia Pacific Region. Navinder is driven by genuine interests in strategic sales, client engagements, and cutting-edge technologies. He is proficient in identifying growth opportunities, building, and nurturing long-term relationships with CXOs across industry segments, establishing partnerships, and initiating strong business alliances. In addition to Healthcare A.I., Navinder's specialisation includes financial services, corporate development & commercial operations. According to Navinder, a solid work ethic, alignment to organisational objectives, and an intent to drive win-win scenarios with stakeholders are his biggest motivators.
Job Titles:
- Head of Strategic Finance
Ram is the Head of Strategic Finance for Mango Sciences. He has spent close to 16 years in the Indian financial sector with pedigreed firms in careers spanning equity research (focused on the BFSI sector), portfolio management, and corporate strategy. His assignments included creating new business cases, developing capable teams, and driving execution across these firms. He is now leading the engagement program with our financial sector partners. He is a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a management graduate from Calcutta's Indian Institute of Management.
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- Vice - President, Human Resources
Rohith Raj brings 18 years of broad HR Leadership experience to Mango Sciences with a background as a trained people specialist, strategist, and advisor with extensive experience in building HR systems at early-stage companies.
Prior to Mango, Rohith was Head of Business Partnering & COE at CenturyLink, a Fortune 150 organisation. He was a member of the senior leadership team and was responsible for talent management, development, and retention. Additionally, he served as Head HR of IMTAC LLC, where he was responsible to set up India & ME organisations. He has also worked extensively in building successful organisations, teams, and cultures. Rohith has worked with investors, leadership, and strategic teams throughout his career, designing people strategies, policies, and governance.
He obtained his PGCHRM from XLRI and Leadership & Change Management Certification from IIM, Raipur.
Job Titles:
- Board Member - Reliance Jio, HP & BBC UK
Todd Gorsuch - Chief Commercial Officer
Todd is the Chief Commercial Officer for Mango Sciences. He has two decades of experience driving growth and profitability for early-stage companies.
Before Mango, he was VP, Head of Commercialisation for Harvard big data spin out Aetion. He initially led the Life Sciences global commercial team and then expanded his responsibilities to include global commercialisation across the Life Sciences, Health Plan, and Provider Markets. He was a senior leadership team member responsible for raising over $70 million in funding over two rounds. Todd's experience in the real-world evidence market began at Premier, Inc., where he served as the senior sales leader responsible for launching Premier's Life Sciences business. His work experience also includes pharmaceutical sales and marketing roles at Merck & Co.
Todd started his career as an Officer in the United States Air Force. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Air Force Academy and his MBA from The Citadel's College of Graduate Studies. When Todd is not working, he can be found unplugged and outdoors enjoying Maine's four unique and beautiful seasons.
Vamsi brings over 20 years of health-tech experience to Mango Sciences as a serial entrepreneur with three successful exits. He co-founded Enlightiks and grew it to the 8th largest A.I. & Analytics Provider platform globally. Previously, he served as an advisor to the Govt. of Karnataka and headed the operations function at Philips Informatics Division in India. Vamsi created Asia's third-largest health tech product division at SRIT, where he built and implemented EMR, medical imaging, CDSS products, and more at hundreds of hospitals across 40 countries. After successfully selling the division to Religare Technologies (Healthfore), he continued his stint as the CTO for the Company. Vamsi has implemented telemedicine technologies in 11 countries in Eastern and Sub-Saharan Africa and was instrumental in building India's largest Beowulf Cluster Computer.
Educated in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, he is a published author and former member of the HIMSS India Chapter. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has recently credited Vamsi in his book ‘Hit Refresh' for his Atrial Fibrillation model.