Murali Prahalad PhD

urali Prahalad, Ph. D. is the president and CEO of Epic Sciences. Dr. Prahalad has more than 14 years of experience in technology and life science companies. Prior to joining Epic, he was formerly vice president of Corporate Strategy at Life Technologies, where he helped shape the organic and inorganic investment priorities across Life Technologies' research tools, clinical diagnostic and applied market portfolios. Dr. Prahalad was with Life Technologies since 2005, where he held multiple positions of increasing responsibility. His experience at Life Technologies ranged from mergers and acquisitions to inlicensing and general management, where he led large businesses that spanned genomics to cell biology.

As a general manager, he had to grow revenue and profit by building stronger teams, driving innovation and managing operations for both consumable and instrument portfolios. Prior to Life Technologies, he was vice president of Business Development at Sequenom, Inc. He is also proficient and literate in several languages including Japanese, French and Kannada. Dr. Prahalad received a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular pharmacology and an M.S. in medical sciences from Harvard University, and he received his B.S. with honors in cellular and molecular biology and economics from the University of Michigan.