Arunan Skandarajah
Small Business Program Manager @Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
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WORK HISTORY
Small Business Program Manager @Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
Washington, DC, US
Lead the agency\'s efforts to support small businesses, utilizing the SBIR/STTR award mechanisms.• Manage a portfolio of >$35M in awards to US small businesses to achieve significant technical and commercial milestones, partnering across Program Managers with specific domains and problem statements. • Grow companies to compete for larger awards and follow-on investment• Pair small businesses with a network of experts in regulation, reimbursement, intellectual property, and other key commercialization capabilities to drive down risks and accelerate timelines to market• Lead a cross-functional team across ARPA-H and partner agencies to develop new policies, award mechanisms, partnerships, investor relations, and solicitations to advance the next wave of innovative companies• Designed shared R&D resources for ARPA-H programs including biorepositories and user testing capabilities
EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University
M.S.
Vanderbilt University
B.E. and Founder's Medalist
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
SKILLS
ABOUT ARUNAN SKANDARAJAH
Engineer, scientist, mission-driven investor, and leader passionate about driving healthcare innovation and scaling it domestically and abroad. Well-versed in cutting edge sensing and diagnostics, applied AI approaches, global health constraints and opportunities, and regulatory and policy considerations of novel technology and business models.All views and posts are my own.
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