Debarun Gupta
Sr. Director, Business Development & Strategic Alliances
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDebarun Gupta is a deal-savvy biopharma business development leader with 12 years of experience structuring partnerships across startups, mid-cap biotechs, and large-cap pharma, now serving as Sr. Director of BD & Strategic Alliances at Bausch + Lomb. He has closed roughly $9.9 billion in transactions spanning in- and out-licensing, research collaborations, and M&A, and has a demonstrated ability to lead complex diligence, valuation, and negotiation processes. Known for marrying persuasive storytelling with rigorous financial and scientific analysis, he has driven transaction strategy from seed-stage fundraises through multi-year option deals and late-stage co-development partnerships. His background blends technical training in chemical engineering and hands-on algorithmic development—contributing to OpenPNM’s pore-network generation algorithms—which informs a data-driven approach to portfolio and asset valuation. A practiced cross-functional operator, he has revitalized corporate messaging, led long-range planning and investor processes, and acted as interim project manager for high-stakes assessments. He is motivated by creating patient impact and translating scientific innovation into durable commercial value.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Boston UniversityBachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering at McGill University
English, Bengali
Github Skills (10)
algorithm10
data-structures10
algorithms10
delaunay-triangulation10
scipy10
python10
scientific-computing10
data-structure10
network-graph9
computational-geometry9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
PMEAL/OpenPNM
Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
A Python package for performing pore network modeling of porous media
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Algorithm Implementer
Back-end Developer & Algorithm ImplementerContributions:77 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Debarun primarily contributed to the core functionality of the OpenPNM project, focusing on the development of network generation algorithms, particularly those related to cubic networks and boundary conditions. Their work involved modifying existing Python scripts within the `OpenPNM/Generators/__Cubic__.py` to improve throat connections, generate boundaries, and manage pore and throat properties. Several commits showcase the user's involvement in incorporating Delaunay tessellations and the implementation of stitching operations for combining networks. The user's changes focused on improving the geometrical representation of porous media.
pythonscientific-computingporeporous-materialsporous-media
dgupta599/mean-seed
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:1 branch in 17 days
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