Head of Marketing
Veena is an experienced commercial and technical leader with over 25 years of experience in the areas of drug development, med tech, medical devices, and digital health having held a number of roles in both large and small company environments. She has a background in technology innovation, market strategy, licensing, and corporate business development in addition to having led launch and go-to-market teams for novel drug and medical device products. She comes most recently from a role as President and Chief Business Officer of Portal Instruments, a clinical-stage, needle-free drug delivery company. Prior to Portal, Veena served as the Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Corporate Development & Strategy at Beta Bionics. Before Beta Bionics, she spent over a decade at Eli Lilly and Company with various commercial and technical roles including Vice President of External Innovation for the Lilly Device and Drug Delivery teams. Veena currently serves on the Board of Directors of Predictive Oncology (Nasdaq; POAI), and as an advisor to Digbi Health PharmStars digital health accelerator.
Veena has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.