Dr. Varma has straddled not only R&D, and business roles successfully but has had the unique experience of working in traditional biotech/diagnostics/life sciences tool companies as well as straddling across high tech companies focused on bioelectronics and digital health. She leveraged her rich technical background in genomics, proteomics and cell biology to transition to business roles. In the last two decades, she has held senior leadership roles in product management and business development at HP/Agilent, Applied Biosystems (Thermo), Intel, Labcyte (Danaher), and Codex DNA. AT HP/Agilent, She was instrumental in launch of microarray product line in addition to being part of the team that negotiated the Rosetta/Agilent alliance. At Applied Biosystems, she was a key member of the company strategy team and did several deals from sourcing to deal close. At Intel, as a GM of DNA sequencing incubation group, she led the team and cross institution alliance that led to $5M award for 1000$ genome sequencing. She led the early access collaboration agreement deal with Pfizer (for vaccines and Tx) that lead to a multimillion-dollar deal for Codex DNA. At DNA Script, as VP of strategy and business development, she is focusing on partnerships with academia, pharma and tool companies to enhance and leverage company’s portfolio.