Vamsi Maddipatla serves as the President and Chairman of Clinovo. He is a visionary and entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in the technology and biopharma industries. Founder and ex-CEO of LAXAI Pharma Ltd. Prior, Vamsi worked for various pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, and Deloitte. Vamsi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Master’s in Computer Science from Farleigh Dickinson University. Vamsi provides a unique blend of operational and financial experience – along with a strong and extensive network of key influencers, industry experts, and financial partners. He delivers a visionary understanding of client challenges and opportunities and the intuitive ability to facilitate collaboration between the right people to turn strategic concepts into actionable plans and, ultimately, into business results.
Ritesh has over 25 years of experience serving the healthcare services and IT staffing industry. Ritesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering in Computer Technology. He was a senior recruiter of IT consulting staff in the 1990s and a senior manager in New Jersey, which provides a technology platform to the medical transcription industry and significant hospitals. Later, he transitioned into business development within the healthcare industry. In that capacity, he has developed deep relationships with HR departments of major hospitals where skilled healthcare professionals’ requirement is always acute. Ritesh has consistently been recognized for his broad range of expertise in technology, human resources and business development.
Surendra serves as the Executive Director, Clinical Services – Clinovo India operations. He is based out of Hyderabad, India. He comes with nearly 2 decades of clinical experience and has expertise in the biometric divisions. He has worked with Global CRO’s and Pharma giants including GVK Bio Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, GCE solutions and IQVIA. Surendra holds Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is also an alumnus of IIM (Indian Institute of Management), Bangalore. Surendra provides perfect blend of operational and technical expertise in the drug development process with an oversight of more than 300 staff across the globe. Surendra’s objective is to develop India operations with utmost compliance to the Global regulatory standards.
Teresa Wright is an accomplished and optimistic sales executive with over 25 years in the staffing industry. Goal and team-oriented with strong leadership skills, she has managed, trained and mentored many sales professionals assisting them with growth and development within their specific roles. As an individual contributor, she has worked on an enterprise level managing a team of clients while developing and maintaining client relationships to generate strategic partnership between the two organizations. Her in-depth knowledge of sales enabled her to achieve ambitious organizational goals. Teresa has worked with some of the top Pharma/Bio-Pharma companies during her career including Bristol Myers Squibb, Mead Johnson, Roche, ConvaTec, Merck, Regeneron, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Integra Life Science and Mallinckrodt.
Brian joins Clinovo as Executive Director – Recruiting and is based out of the Greater Philadelphia area. He most recently served as Sr. Director of Recruiting & Onboarding for ExecuPharm / Parexel FSP and brings over ten years of experience in clinical research talent acquisition. Brian previously held various roles in healthcare information technology including software implementation, account management, sales, and partner alliance management at Shared Medical Systems / Siemens Healthcare.
Nandish Poluru serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Board member of Clinovo. As an executive at the intersection of Lifesciences, Operations and Technology, Nandish has successfully accelerated Research and Development efforts for multiple companies across the Lifesciences industry including Bristol Myers Squibb, Allergan (an Abbvie Company) and Forest Laboratories. He brings deep expertise in Pharmaceuticals including Clinical Development and Operations, Clinical Data Management, Biostatistics and programming, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, and R&D portfolio planning. As a visionary and innovative leader, Nandish enabled competitive differentiation through cost leadership, product & service differentiation, and improved operational efficiencies by leveraging Digital and Technology. With over two decades of experience spanning Life Sciences, financials, and Silicon Valley, Nandish is a seasoned leader in all aspects of management including Strategy & Planning, P&L management, Global Operations, Business transformations, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Technology. Nandish has an MBA from Yale school of Management with a focus on Healthcare Management. He also has a Master’s in Information systems and a Bachelor`s in Electrical Engineering. Nandish is passionate about building successful, high-performance teams.
Chaitanya Sadhana serves as “Director – Corporate Strategy & Development” at Clinovo. He has more than a decade of experience in Lifesciences and Pharmaceutical industry spanning Drug Discovery, Development, Manufacturing and Clinical services. He started up twice and brings deep expertise in Corporate Strategy, Setting up new businesses, P&L Management, Strategic finance, M&A, Green Field Operations, Operational excellence & Process simplification. He was associated with Novartis, Sentiss Pharma and Laxai Lifesciences. He has an MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. Chaitanya is passionate about financial markets, ecosystem play, global economy and disruptive innovation.
