Radia A. Wahab, Ph.D.

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Director Systems Integration and Engineering at Guardant Health

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Radia is a results-driven technical leader at Guardant Health, focusing on data-driven early cancer detection. With over 20 years of experience, she has a Ph. D. in Bioengineering from Rutgers and an M. S. in Data Science from UC Berkeley. Colleagues describe her as an exceptional systems engineer with tremendous technical strength and great system-level thinking.

Outside of her professional life, Radia is a mother to two daughters and enjoys spending her time cooking and traveling with them. She has also been involved in events supporting women in data science through her alma mater, UC Berkeley.

She was the technical lead for the development of a "Robotic Pill, " a novel device designed to orally deliver biotherapeutics that would otherwise require injection.

Personality Overview

Fast But Analytical

Precise But Practical

Rigorous & Demanding

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.  They are not focused on building rapport and relationships. They are very proud of what they do.

Topics They Care About

Data-Driven Cancer Detection
Her current role as Director at Guardant Health is focused on creating and integrating systems for blood-based early cancer detection.
Medical Device Innovation
Her career spans the full lifecycle of novel medical device development, from a "robotic pill" to high-throughput cell analyzers and point-of-care diagnostics.
AI in Lab Automation
She leads teams developing AI-driven automation for systems engineering and has posted about focusing on practical, proven AI use cases that impact outcomes today.

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Work History

2-2025
Director Systems Integration and Engineering at Guardant Health
1-2022 - 2-2025
Associate Director Systems Engineering, Bioinformatics Assay Automation and Software. at Guardant Health
3-2021 - 12-2021
Staff Systems Engineer at BD
7-2020 - 3-2021
Senior Systems Engineer, R&D at BD
12-2017 - 6-2020
Technical lead (Sr. Engineer)- New Product development at Rani Therapeutics

Education

1-2021 - 8-2023
Master of Science - MS from University of California, Berkeley
2009 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Rutgers University–Newark

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Insights For Selling To Radia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features
  • Avoid being too verbose

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Radia is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Radia

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Radia move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Radia take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Radia

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