Rama Chandrasekaran

LOCATION

San Francisco

FOCUS AREA

Data Science

Rama, the Product Manager at Pivotal Life Sciences, owns products stemming from biological, clinical, and financial data and combines art, science, and business expertise to build an enterprise-wide portfolio of functionally consistent systems and interconnected products. These products will serve as decision-support tools for investment in the life sciences, empowering investment decision-making in this field. Rama has over 18 years of experience spanning high-tech, finance (quants), and biotech industries as a seasoned product and technical program manager and has successfully orchestrated large-scale initiatives for companies such as Meta, 23andMe, Microsoft, American Century Investments, and Blackrock. Rama is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of leading cross-functional collaboration among C-level executives, VPs, Directors, and teams across R&D, Product, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Audit, Sales, Operations, and Marketing. Rama's expertise lies in data analytics and constructing quant-based investment ML models, including sentiment analysis and developing impactful dashboarding and alerting systems. Holding a Master's degree in Engineering Science, specializing in AI and Satellite Communication, Rama has significantly contributed to her field by publishing two influential technical papers in the IEEE journal.