Viraj Narayanan
Founder at Cornerstone AI
New York City Metropolitan Area
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About
Viraj Narayanan is CEO and a board member at Cornerstone AI, a company developing data infrastructure to make healthcare data AI-ready for clinical development and precision medicine. He previously served as Chief Commercial Officer at Ontada (McKesson) and led the Life Sciences business at COTA, where he grew the business from two to twenty million. He studied Decision Science at Carnegie Mellon and holds an MBA from Wharton.
Experience
- Cornerstone AICEOcurrent2024 — present
- Cornerstone AICo-CEO2024
- OntadaChief Commercial Officer2022 — 2024
- COTASenior Vice President and General Manager, Life Sciences Business2021 — 2022
- COTAVice President, Life Sciences2019 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- COTADirector, Life Sciences2016 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- Heidrick & StrugglesPrincipal, Healthcare2015 — 2016
- Decision Strategies International, Inc.Principal, Healthcare2014 — 2015
- Decision Strategies International, Inc.Senior Consultant, Healthcare2012 — 2014
- Decision Strategies International, Inc.Consultant I, Healthcare2011 — 2012
- Decision Strategies International, Inc.Associate II2009 — 2010
- Decision Strategies International, Inc.Associate I2007 — 2009
- CentocorResearch scientist (R&D) - Immunology & infectious diseases2005
- University of PennsylvaniaAnalyst - natural language processing and artificial intelligence2004Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Skills & more
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Management ConsultingBusiness Decision MakingCompetitive AnalysisBlue Ocean StrategyConsultingHealthcareTalent ManagementBusiness SimulationsBehavioral FinanceBusiness SimulationBehavioral EconomicsData AnalysisLanguages Spanish · Tamil
- People Analytics — Coursera Course Certificates
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- Who is Viraj Narayanan?
- Viraj Narayanan is CEO and a board member at Cornerstone AI, a company developing data infrastructure to make healthcare data AI-ready for clinical development and precision medicine. He previously served as Chief Commercial Officer at Ontada (McKesson) and led the Life Sciences business at COTA, where he grew the business from two to twenty million. He studied Decision Science at Carnegie Mellon and holds an MBA from Wharton.
- Where did Viraj Narayanan go to school?
- Viraj Narayanan studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Double Major in Operations and Marketing); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Decision Science); Radnor High School (High School).
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