Ndeye Makalou

About Ndeye Makalou

I help CEOs and founders make high-stakes health and pharma/biotech decisions through 4–6 week Strategic Sprints when choices are becoming irreversible and expensive to get wrong.Leaders work with me when decisions around Africa expansion, AI deployment, access strategy, or platform focus demand speed, rigor, and credibility.I bring over 20 years across biopharma, health systems, access, and global commercialization operating across the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. My edge is combining Africa-grounded insight with global executive operating experience. I’ve worked inside global biopharma, advised executive teams, and partnered with public and private capital to move complex initiatives forward.My Strategic Sprints are used when:– Expansion into Africa and other complex or regulated markets is on the table– AI, data, or diagnostics must move from promise to adoption– Portfolio or pipeline priorities require hard trade-offs– Access, equity, and scale must be aligned, without slowing growthClients leave with a decision-ready roadmap: what to accelerate, what to pause, and what to stop so the organization can move forward with confidence.I’m the Founder of GlobalImpact Bio Consulting, advising CEOs, boards, investors, and institutions shaping the future of health and life sciences globally. My work is designed to support scalable, institution-ready strategies, not one-off initiatives

Experience

1. Ai Growth Advisor

   RapidCanvas

   Jan 2026 — Present · US

   AI Growth Advisor helping RapidCanvas expand into life sciences and pharma through executive outreach, opportunity qualification, and early engagement shaping, translating priority needs into measurable, execution-ready AI use cases.RapidCanvas is an AI platform that combines the precision and automation of AI agents with the deep domain knowledge of human experts to deliver reliable and measurable business outcomes. With RapidCanvas, enterprises create custom, high-performance, production-grade AI solutions 10X faster at 80% lower cost compared to traditional custom solutions.RapidCanvas is recognized as a top 5 data science and machine learning platform by independent research firm G2 for customer satisfaction. RapidCanvas works with industry leaders in manufacturing, retail, financial services and many other industries to unlock the full potential of AI

Education

• Stanford University

  Advanced Project Management Certificate, Project Management

  2011 — 2011

• University Cheikh Anta Diop

  Pharm D, Pharmacy

• INSEAD Business School

  Certicate , Business Strategy and Financial Performance

• AI Assisted IR

  Certification, AI Strategy Consulting, Data Science , AI implementation

• Stanford University Graduate School of Education

  Certificate in Project Management, Project Management

• INSEAD Business School

  Certificate , Business Strategy and Financial Performance

• Texas Southern University

  Master, Microbiology

  1995 — 1997

• Project Management Institute

  PMI, Project Mangement