Sai Krishna Ph.D A
Business Development
Secunderabad
Summary
To obtain top leadership position in Parma or a CDMO as head of sales Talented Vice President with excellent employee development, customer service and analytics skills coupled with more than 20 years of experience. Comfortable giving engaging presentations to clients to drive new business, expand accounts and establish brand profile. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President-CDMO
Inventys Research Company
02.2024 - Current
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
- Enhanced company profitability by implementing strategic business plans and optimizing operational processes.
- Initiated strategy to drive company growth and increase market share and profitability.
- Hired and managed 20 new managers to drive business growth.
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through development of innovative solutions.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
- Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.
- Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.
- Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration.
- Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.
- Monitored industry trends, keeping current on latest changes and competition in industry.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
- Oversaw divisional marketing, advertising and new product development.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
Director
CiVentichem India (Pvt) Ltd
8 2014 - 02.2023
- Leading the business development and customer relation activities
- Developing relations with new clients both in India and out of India (Europe and US)
- Bringing new opportunities in the field of CRAMs area, project initiation and coordination till the target is delivered, managing the weekly teleconferences and written updates with the clients around the globe at their convenient times
- Developed Drug Discovery programs with US Biotech Companies for discovery chemistry and carried out process development activities also for the optimized leads
- (15-20 million USD)
- Brought business programs in CDMO activities for CiVentichem from Europe and US clients, for 150-200 Million USD
- Ensuring the success 100% in project deliverables both in scale and quality and time to the utmost satisfaction of customer’s needs
- Tracking key developments in the market with regards to product, customer, and competition
- To follow-up on future business opportunities with the customer and taking the project to next levels in scale and variety
- Customer visits individually and arranging meetings during conferences and conventions
- Participating actively in improving the quality and efficiency of the team towards the fulfillment of enhanced expectations and aspirations of the clients across the globe
- Participating the planning and executions of projects at CiVentichem, to facilitate the team with new ideas and execution of projects smoothly on large scale.
Manager-R&D
CiVentiChem India (Pvt) Ltd
08.2013 - 08.2014
- Leading a team of 20 M.Sc scientists and 2 PhDs in the process development division
- Responsible for route selection, planning and execution of gram to multi kg scale compounds under non-GMP to the customer’s needs with respect to quality and time
- Developing scalable routes for NCEs and executing on plant scale
- Providing weekly updates and communicating through teleconferences with clients across the globe
- Optimizing the given milligram process to a multi kg scalable process and demonstrating the process in 3 cycles, with a detailed study of safety aspects, scalability, impurity profile and stability studies
- Evaluations and management of team of 20 scientists.
Group Leader
Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI-India)
01.2010 - 07.2013
- Taking care of Kilo Lab and PR&D operations leading a team of 18 Research scientists, including 2 PhDs
- Coordinating with manufacturing unit and analytical divisions for the technology transfer on the development work carried out in the laboratory for GMP campaigns
- Communicating effectively with internal clients and external customer across the globe on the project management
- Responsible for the safety rules and regulations in the Kilo Lab scale up operations
- Actively responsible for estimations and sourcing of key RMs for multi-step and multi-Kg projects
- Involved in multi-step synthesis of complex heterocycles, aliphatic carbocycles and amino acid derivatives.
Principal Scientist
Sai Life Sciences
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Carried out process development and multi Kg (gram-50 kg) scale projects (non GMP) leading a team of 10 Research Scientists
- Coordinating with manufacturing unit and analytical divisions for the technology transfer on the development work carried out in the laboratory for GMP campaigns
- Communicating effectively with internal clients and external customer across the globe on the project management
- Responsible for the safety rules and regulations in the Kilo Lab scale up operations
- Actively responsible for estimations and sourcing of key RMs for multi-step and multi-Kg projects
- Involved in multi-step synthesis of complex heterocycles, aliphatic carbocycles and multifunctional aromatics.
Scientist (Adhoc)
IICT
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Carried out FTE programs and basic research in the area of total synthesis of fluorinated natural products and peptidomimetics
- Development of new methodologies
- Carrying out R&D programs under custom synthesis service in collaboration with companies from Europe and US.
Senior Research Scientist
Sai Life Sciences
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Actively responsible for estimations and sourcing of key RMs for multi-step projects on gram scale
- Involved in multi-step synthesis of complex heterocycles, aliphatic carbocycles and multifunctional aromatics on g-100g scale
- Route scouting, process development and synthesis of complex NCEs for companies across globe.
Education
Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry
CSMCRI (CSIR)
BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT 01.1995 - 04.2000
M.Sc - Organic Chemistry
Andhra University
01.1992 - 04.1994
Skills
Approachable leader
Negotiation
Operations Management
Revenue Generation
Transformative leadership
Adaptability
Relationship and Team Building
Departmental Coordination
Process Improvement
Staff Recruiting and Retainment
Planning and coordination
Strategic Planning
Technical Support
Strategic business planning
Client Relationship Building
Approachable leader
Residence
Secunderabad, TS
Research
- Asymmetric total synthesis of fluorinated analogues of Leukotrienes (LTB3)
- Total synthesis of complex triquinane based natural products
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12/15/1971
- Nationality: Indian
Publications
- Synthesis of protected (2R,3R,4S)-4,7-diamino-2,3-dihydroxyheptanoic acid, a constituent of Callipeltins A and D, Tetrahedron Letters, 47, (41), 2006, 7307-7309. S. Chandrasekhar, M. Srinivasa Reddy, G.S. Kiranbabu and A. Sai Krishna Murthy.
- Enantio-selective synthesis of methyl-5-(R)-fluorohept-6-ynoate. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 17, 2006, 2306-2310. Vijaya Lingam Manthati, A. Sai Krishna Murthy, Frédéric Caijo, Delphine Drouin, Philippe Lesot, Danielle Grée, René Grée.
- A Pd(OAc)2 mediated one-pot synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes via Michael addition of a stable-ylide to Baylis-Hillman adducts. A. Sai Krishna Murthy, Ch. Rambabu, K.Vijeender, P.Bibhuti Bhushan and S. Chandrasekhar, Synlett, 2007, 3, 494-496).
- Synthesis of a novel antidepressant hybrid natural product from Sertraline and Glaziovine. S. Chandrasekhar, M. Srinivasa Reddy, D.R. Krishna and A. Sai Kishna Murthy ( Bioorg.Med. Chem.Lett., 2007).
- Book chapter entitled “Benzyl Fluorides” in “Science of Synthesis” Vol 34, 295-317(Eds :Prof. Jonathan Percy, 2004, A Sai Krishna Murthy, R. Tardivel and Rene Gree.
- The first total synthesis of the novel triquinane natural products pleurotellol and pleurotellic acid. Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 5243-5246. Goverdhan Mehta and A Sai Krishna Murthy.
- Total synthesis of the putative structure of the novel triquinane natural product isocapnellenone. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 8301-8305. Goverdhan Mehta, A Sai Krishna Murthy and Jayant D. Umarye.
- Screening of Codiacean Plants (Chlorophyta) of the Indian Coast for blood anticoagulant activity. M. Shanmugam, K H Mody, B K Ramavat, A Sai Krishna Murthy and A K Siddhanta. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 2002, 31(1), 33-38.
- Review on the Bioactive Polysaccharides from Marine Brown algae (Phaeophyceae). J.Ind.Chem. Soc., 78, 2001, 431-437. A K Siddhanta and A. Sai Krishna Murthy.
Timeline
Vice President-CDMO
Inventys Research Company
02.2024 - Current
Manager-R&D
CiVentiChem India (Pvt) Ltd
08.2013 - 08.2014
Group Leader
Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI-India)
01.2010 - 07.2013
Principal Scientist
Sai Life Sciences
01.2007 - 01.2010
Scientist (Adhoc)
IICT
01.2006 - 01.2007
Senior Research Scientist
Sai Life Sciences
01.2005 - 01.2006
Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry
CSMCRI (CSIR)
01.1995 - 04.2000
M.Sc - Organic Chemistry
Andhra University
01.1992 - 04.1994
Director
CiVentichem India (Pvt) Ltd
8 2014 - 02.2023