Members

Param Narayanan

Associate Director, Financial Performance Management - Illumina

Experienced Associate Director of Finance Systems with a demonstrated history of working in the Life Sciences industry. Strong information technology professional skilled in Business Process, Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, SAP/JDE ERP, SalesForce/Siebel CRM. Experienced Associate Director of Finance Systems with a demonstrated history of working in the Life Sciences industry. Strong information technology professional skilled in Business Process, Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, SAP/JDE ERP, SalesForce/Siebel CRM.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 21

Megha Ghildiyal

Senior Scientist - Guardant Health

Highly accomplished scientist with 19 years of experience in genomics and biomedical research, specialized in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based technologies. She is a creative thinker, innovator, and experienced in strategic partnership analysis for technical viability and compatibility. An effective communicator with strong public speaking and mentoring skills and has managed several projects and teams leading to successful product launches and tech transfer.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 22

Yun Hardiman

Vice President, Global Biometrics FSP & Head of Global Programming - Veristat

Yun is a biometrics leader with 25 years of experience in all aspects of product development in a clinical study setting. Her experience is global, and she provides strategic leadership expertise from early through late-stage clinical development programs. Her current focus is on setting right culture and developing next generation of leaders within biotech industry and beyond.

Today, Yun manages a global team of statisticians and statistical programmers (APAC, India, US, UK) while overseeing global partnerships through FSP (Functional Service Partner) business model. She leads FSP initiatives in terms of innovation, workstream, leadership workshop, risk mitigation, crisis management, culture series, personal leadership program, and APAC strategy-Biometrics.

Yun also serves as a mentor for North America and Mexico Clinical Research Associates Leadership Programs.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 16 (Alumnus Member)

Hugh Simmons

Senior Military Science Instructor - Department of Military Affairs

Highly motivated senior military leader with immense experience in human capital management, policy development and application for the betterment of the organization. Selfless leader with a broad spectrum of project management in ever changing dynamic and diverse conditions, achieving results even when faced with adversity. A teachable leader with key interest in the organization and the welfare of individuals.

After achieving a twenty-six-year career in the military I have learned, honed and exceled in project management, organizational leadership, subordinate mentorship, development, interpersonal relations, and communication. Understanding the human dimension and geopolitical environment has allowed me to achieve quantifiable results under fast-paced operational conditions globally. Successfully over coming challenges in logistical and operational management for organizations spread across several countries. A safety conscious leader who has analyzed and mitigated risk under some of the most adverse and high-risk conditions while protecting personnel, equipment and assets valued at over $950M attaining effective broad-spectrum results with multinational partners in joint operations.

Proponent of continued education, currently a candidate at Rady School of Management’s MBA program with a degree from Goldman’s School of Public Policy, in Public Affairs. Recipient of Bronze Star Medals, Meritorious Service Medals, Accommodation and Achievement Medals in recognition for outstanding performance, leadership and professionalism.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 22

Brian Lattimore

Business Application Manager - MedImpact Healthcare Systems

Brian is a highly experienced information technology professional with broad expertise in analysis and design of business and application systems, data mining and modeling, and process re-engineering. He has a strong ability to manage complex projects with aggressive timelines, budgets, and technical resources while delivering high quality results. He has expert knowledge of both waterfall and agile software development methodologies and is experienced in financial services, telecommunications, retail/wholesale, education, healthcare, utilities and government sectors.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 22

Vidya Rao

Product Manager - Teradata

Resourceful leader with vast experience in vendor management and customer relationship growth. Product Manager with an engineering management background, technically proficient in all phases of product development and agile practices (SAFe Agilist). Currently pursuing an MBA at Rady School of Management with the passion and desire to grow my business development acumen and skills in strategic planning & vision.

Vistage on Campus – Flex 22