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Parampal Deol

Summerville,SC

Summary

High performing experienced leader with 30 years in research, 18 years in product development, and a proven track record in the medical device/IVD industry. Specializes in driving business strategy, product life cycle management, and development for clinical, food, veterinary, and pharmaceutical markets. Successfully launched 25-30 new products, demonstrating expertise in strategic planning, market analysis, product risk/benefit assessment, and cross-functional team leadership. Expertise in regulatory compliance, business development, IP management, and driving operational efficiency. Thirty plus publications, 5 awarded patents.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Corporate Vice President, R&D, Manufacturing Business Unit

Charles River Laboratories
01.2024 - Current
  • Refining business strategy and portfolio of Manufacturing unit for synergies, better organization, and reduction of redundancies for effective and streamlined business
  • Managing a $20-25M R&D budget for a $400M business, improving product portfolio and driving $34M in projected growth in 3 years for new technologies through strategic product launches and improvements
  • Consolidated global labs for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness resulting in 15% impact to the bottom line
  • Reports to GM of Manufacturing Business unit, got promoted to include Biologics (testing), CDMO in addition to Microbial Solutions

Vice President, R&D, Microbial Solutions

Charles River Laboratories
01.2021 - 12.2023
  • Led the transformation of R&D and built a 92-member R&D and technical operations team across assay development, software/hardware engineering, and machine learning for microbial solutions
  • Directed strategy and portfolio for Microbial Solutions, launched 10 products and services, and optimized operations to gain efficiency for Endosafe, Celsis and Accugenix products and services
  • Implemented a structured Stage gate process to improve return on R&D investment, created project management team that enhanced completion rate of projects for 80% efficiency
  • Significant improvement of existing products for better customer experience to expand the business in EMEA, APAC and US
  • Reported to GM of Microbial business unit at executive position to transform R&D and fuel innovation

Senior Vice President / Head of R&D

Accelerate Diagnostics
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Led R&D (60+ members) for the Pheno rapid ID/AST platform, expanding the menu and driving next-generation platform development
  • Collaborated closely with executive teams on business strategies and investor presentations
  • Reported to CEO and transitioned due to pandemic and personal reasons

Senior Director, R&D Microbiology US

bioMérieux Inc.
05.2006 - 12.2019
  • Managed R&D teams (55+ members), driving the development of clinical, veterinary, and pharmaceutical applications for BACT/ALERT, VITEK 2 and VITEK MS, including regulatory submissions and clinical trials
  • Led the innovation, launched 20 key IVD products in global market, ensuring patient safety and product efficacy for clinical, food, veterinary and pharma markets
  • Excellent understanding of FDA, ISO, GCP, ICH, CLSI, EUCAST, cGMP guidelines for medical device/IVD clearance
  • Representation of company at various conferences globally to promote products and services
  • Reported to Microbiology Business head and transitioned out for growth opportunities

Scientist, Drug Discovery

Southern Research Institute
07.2005 - 05.2006
  • Conducted cellular assays for vaccine development and contributed to groundbreaking tuberculosis research
  • Transitioned from nonprofit academia to industry

Education

MBA - Innovation and Marketing Management

NC State University
Raleigh, NC
01.2011

Ph. D - Microbiology

Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
India
01.1997

Post graduate diploma - Biotechnology

Punjab University
India
01.1992

M.Sc. - Microbiology

Guru Nanak Dev University
India
01.1991

B.Sc. - Biology

Punjab University
India
01.1989

Affiliations

  • American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID)
  • Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)

Additional Qualifications

  • BSL-3 Training, CDC and FBI clearance to work on select agents.
  • GMP and cGMP
  • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy mini course 2017, Creighton University
  • Global business leadership training
  • Project Management training
  • Certificate course in animal handling, research methodology and biostatistics.
  • Knowledge of bioinformatics software, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Minitab, SAS, Smartsheet, Miro.

Timeline

Corporate Vice President, R&D, Manufacturing Business Unit

Charles River Laboratories
01.2024 - Current

Vice President, R&D, Microbial Solutions

Charles River Laboratories
01.2021 - 12.2023

Senior Vice President / Head of R&D

Accelerate Diagnostics
01.2020 - 01.2021

Senior Director, R&D Microbiology US

bioMérieux Inc.
05.2006 - 12.2019

Scientist, Drug Discovery

Southern Research Institute
07.2005 - 05.2006

MBA - Innovation and Marketing Management

NC State University

Ph. D - Microbiology

Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Post graduate diploma - Biotechnology

Punjab University

M.Sc. - Microbiology

Guru Nanak Dev University

B.Sc. - Biology

Punjab University

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