Nithiya Ananthakrishnan

About Nithiya Ananthakrishnan

Committed and visionary CEO with a distinctive track record of leading, scaling and exiting organizations. With more than two decades of experience in the clinical research industry, I\'ve developed a keen ability to innovate, strategize, and scale high-performing teams toward success. I\'ve successfully bootstrapped, acquired and scaled businesses, leading to one asset sale and another joint venture, and another successful exit to PE Portco.A significant part of my journey has been founding and scaling a non-profit organization named \"Smile Welfare Foundation\" dedicated to educating underprivileged children. With a mission to bridge the educational gap, we have successfully provided quality learning opportunities to thousands of children, impacting their lives positively and creating a ripple effect of change in their communities.Additionally, I hold a board position with \"The Whiteboard\" an organization in the Learning and Development sector. This role allows me to contribute to shaping the future of education and the professional development of future talent, ensuring accessibility and quality for all.Throughout my corporate, entrepreneurial, and non-profit experience, I\'ve led diverse teams, fostered an environment of continuous innovation, and driven growth through people-centric strategies. I\'m dedicated to creating cultures of excellence and nurturing talent to build resilient, future-ready organizations. I welcome connections from like-minded professionals or those interested in transformative leadership and strategic growth. Let\'s connect and create something extraordinary together.

Experience

1. Chairman of the Executive Board

   The Whiteboard

   Dec 2020 — Present

   The Whiteboard has developed various unique and customized job-oriented courses that help students gain expertise, enhance their credibility as technical professionals and provide relevant practical and theoretical knowledge of the clinical domain. We specialize in Biostatistics, Statistical Programming, Clinical data management, R programming, and Pharmacovigilance. Students are more likely to be motivated if they understand how the knowledge they are acquiring is relevant to their future goals. The Whiteboard tries to explain how these concepts can be applied in a real-life workplace. Our placement records are our true accolades.

Education

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  P.G.D.B.A, Human Resource Management

  2004 — 2006

• University of Madras

  M.Sc, Psychology

  2010 — 2012

• UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

  Professional Certificate, International Business

  2013 — 2013

• The Wharton School

  Advanced Finance Programme, Private Equity, Venture Capital, M&A, Distressed Asset investing, Corporate restructure

• Bharathiar University

  B.E, Electronics and Communication

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Tableau
• Analytics
• Sas Programming
• Quality Assurance
• Entrepreneurship
• 21 Cfr Part 11
• R
• Sas
• CRO Management
• Gcp
• Strategy
• Good Clinical Practice (Gcp)
• Clinical Trial Management System (Ctms)
• Clinical Trials
• Clinical Research
• Validation
• Ivr
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Electronic Data Capture (Edc)
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Sop
• Data Management
• Life Sciences
• CRO
• Balanced Scorecard
• Clinical Data Management
• Oracle Clinical
• Edc
• Ctms
• U.s. Title 21 Cfr Part 11 Regulation
• Programming
• Sas/Sql
• Testing
• Leadership
• Data Analysis
• Clinical Development