Dipty Desai

AVP

2023 - Current

Member Board of Directors

2023

Chief Executive Officer

2023

Managing Director

2021 - 2023

Board Member

2021

Board Member, Charter Member, TiEcon Convener

2020

Director

2021 - 2023

Head West Coast Div

2018 - 2021

• Build strategic alliances with key partners in the U.S. and India to jointly advance bilateral ties; collaborate with Fortune 1000 enterprises and assist them in growing commercial ties between the U.S. and India • Conceive, plan, and execute a highly successful summit, bringing together top CEOs and others; organize and co-lead executive trade missions; create and oversee a bilateral event including speaker lineup, breakout sessions, logistics, and press • Represent USISPF at diplomatic events; cultivate and grow existing and new relationships, programs, and activities for the Western Region; interact with influencers, industry executives, and leaders to further engage them in the USISPF ecosystem • Collaborate with the Global team for program execution, refresh existing programs, and develop new initiatives such as the Startup Connect Program

Director, Healthcare Applications and Services

2018 - 2021

• Lead the healthcare practice for this Google Cloud Platform (GCP) solutions provider; understand and articulate healthcare customer needs to the team and connect those in need of AI ML solutions to Pluto 7 and Google Cloud • Collaborate with the engineering team and healthcare customers, implementing and executing solutions with support from the team; create success stories in collaboration with the marketing team emphasizing employed solutions • Collected and transformed processed data from multiple sources and formats, including sensitive clinical trial data, patient records, genomic data, EHR, and CDISC, into the FIHR standard to analyze the data and gain meaningful insights • Carried out harmonization and normalization of the transformed data with advanced analytics to gain insights and generate prognostic, diagnostic, prescriptive, and predictive recommendations for patient health and treatment • Created a chatbot that supported multiple languages, engaged the participation of current users, retained new user commitment, highlighted the role of Google AI ML in handling complex data, and had the goal of impacting a billion lives • Provided content for a video showcasing healthcare solutions implemented by Pluto 7

Director, Programs and Business Operations

2014 - 2018

• Collaborated with TiEcon conveners, President, Program Chairs, to establish maximum impact programs consistent with the organizations vision and goal • Created collaborative events that helped fulfill organizational goals and objectives for both TiE and its partners • Worked with the leadership team to build and maintain effective relationships with 20+ state- and country-level governments, 10+ community-based partners, and numerous private sponsors • Ensured effective management and development of 75+ programs and events; interviewed, selected, mentored, and supervised a group of talented volunteers and staff seeking meaningful engagement with the entrepreneur community • Created program pipelines; moved programs from strategy/planning to execution, provided content for web and social media marketing, managed registration, logistics, promotions, speaker engagement, event execution, and analytics • Liaised with Operations to define program-specific budgets, and with staff and the Executive Director to stay within budget limits • Developed processes with IT for effective data collection, evaluation, and reporting; leveraged data to track program performance and impact, and oversaw program back-end systems to support the highest level of quality and effectiveness • Worked with the executive team to develop new programs promoting diversity - age, gender, and ethnicity, and liaised with charter members to create special interest groups (SIGs) and domain-specific marketing for SIGs • Expanded the scope and variety of programs and explored program scaling for global availability Implemented new programs: Smart Cities Hackathon, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, Digital Health SIG, Startup Bridge, and TYE Summer Institute • Managed speakers and content across 10+ tracks for TiEcon, one of the largest entrepreneur networking conferences in the world, by working with track co-chairs, conveners, speakers, and TiEcon leaders

Business Development, India Operations

2012 - 2014

• Identified and assisted pharmaceutical manufacturers in India interested in implementing peptide-based therapeutics • Liaised with many India-based generic drug manufacturers and multinational corporations as a customer for synthesizer operations, as a joint venture, as a distribution channel, or for custom services Instrumental in lead generation and channel development for product sales