Dr. Vijay Chandru (Ph.D., MIT 1982) is an academic entrepreneur recognized as the 'Technology Pioneer' by the World Economic Forum in 2006. His academic career has spanned over two decades at Purdue University and the Indian Institute of Science.

Chandru is the recipient of several awards and honors: Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (1996), MCIT Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in IT (2001), UGC Hari Om Trust award for "Science and Society" (2003), the President's Medal of INFORMS in 2006, distinguished Alumni award by the MIT India Program in 2007, and was recognized as the Biospectrum Biotech Entrepreneur of 2007.

Chandru is the elected President (2009-2012) of Association of Biotech Led Enterprises (ABLE), the apex trade body representing the Indian biotech industry.

Dr. Ramesh Hariharan is an academic entrepreneur responsible for the software based technology development and implementation at Strand Life Sciences (Strand). He is also the chief architect for all of Strand's products, including the award winning AVADIS® platform.

He is a recipient of the TR100 Award (2002) of Young Innovators by MIT's Technology Review Magazine and in 2003 received the Global Indus Technovator Award from MIT, instituted to recognize the top 20 Indian technology innovators worldwide.

Ramesh is an IIT - Delhi Computer Science alumnus, has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University and a postdoctoral degree in Computer Science from the Max Planck Institute, Saarbrücken, Germany. His research interests are in sequence analysis, string algorithms, computational biology, computational geometry and foundations of computing.

François Mandeville is responsible for setting Strand's strategic agenda and priorities and for managing Strand's Technology and Marketing activities. François also manages Strand's US and international operations.

François is passionate about software businesses that transform technologies into solutions. At 17, he joined Hewlett-Packard (HP), Canada, in a position especially created to allow him to work in HP's then new PC and LaserJet businesses while studying Electrical Engineering at Montré al's Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to joining Strand, François was with Agilent Technologies. During François' 25-year association with HP and Agilent, he and his teams pioneered new software enabled solutions in HP's computer, printer and medical businesses and in Agilent's telecommunications testing, chemical analysis and life sciences businesses. He drove the launch of several software businesses, acquisitions and partnerships that are at the core of Agilent's leadership in life sciences.

Dr. Kalyanasundaram, popularly known as 'Kas', leads Strand's scientific and technical programs and coordinates the cross-divisional efforts in R&D. Kas's interests lie in the field of ADMET modeling and molecule design using machine learning and systems biology techniques. He has over a decade of experience in modeling biological systems.

An IIT - Bombay alumnus, Kas went on to complete his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. Equipped with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Kas took up the position of Senior Scientist at Genetic Therapy Inc (Novartis) between 1997-2000, where he helped set-up a group to perform research in synthetic and hybrid vectors for gene delivery. Prior to Strand, Kas headed the Collaborative R&D group for immunology products at Entelos.

Dr. Sai Subramaniam currently heads the consulting and professional services practice at Strand. This provides informatics and scientific research solutions & services to top pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Abbott, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Monsanto, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline and Gilead Sciences.

Sai has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Oregon Health and Sciences University, Oregon and an MBA from Babson College, Massachusetts. He has over 17 years of business, IT, and scientific research experience in top-tier organizations including Merck, Monsanto, and Biogen Idec. His experience spans biotechnology, pharmaceutical & agri-biotech industries in the US and India.

Prior to Strand, Sai headed a research informatics group at Merck Research Laboratories (Boston) providing information solutions to discovery research programs. At Biogen Idec, he and his team deployed several solutions to enable the use of molecular profiling technologies in basic and preclinical research. Sai started out his career with Monsanto where he was a key contributor to the Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequencing and functional genomics initiatives.

Thiru P. Reddy joined Strand in early 2003. He currently heads the Business Operations group responsible for the sales and product development support, Intellectual Property Rights, marketing, back office operations and business development in Asia Pacific

Thiru has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad and an M.S. in Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Thiru has over 13 years of experience in designing, managing, marketing and sales of life sciences software. Prior to Strand, Thiru worked as Senior Systems Analyst at Incyte Corp. where he project managed biological information management system and was involved in the designing & development of their flagship products. He held Lead Consultant position at Bayer Corp. for developing a LIMS system for their biotechnology division.

Venkataraman, popularly known as 'Venkat', ensures financially sound and efficient business practices and infrastructure that enable Strand to vigorously pursue its mission. Venkat provides financial leadership through financial analysis of internal and external reporting and assesses new business opportunities.

A Cost and Management Accountant and Company Secretary by qualification; he has over 25 years of professional working experience in finance, corporate law and business systems management. He brings to Strand, key domain expertise in IPO management, strategic and operational finance, corporate law and governance and administration.

Prior to joining Strand, Venkat held senior management positions across the US and India at companies like Yahoo, Agilent Technologies and VeriSign.

Binay Panda heads the Genomics Applications and Informatics Technology laboratories (GANIT Labs), a public-private partnership effort and directs molecular diagnostics activities at Strand. He has a Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from University of Oxford and was an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, USA.

Prior to Strand, Binay co-founded a molecular diagnostics startup with focus on early detection of cancer. He has also worked at Affymetrix's US and Japan offices and was instrumental in building the company's operations in Japan.

Binay has been a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo and teaches molecular diagnostics at the University of California, Santa Cruz extension. Binay has research and commercialization interests in genomics, molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine.