Rekha Rangarajan, PhD, PMP, MBA in

Rekha Rangarajan, PhD, PMP, MBA

Critic · DISC type C
Senior Director, R&D Portfolio Management at Alcon
📍 Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Rekha Rangarajan is the Senior Director of R&D Portfolio Management at Alcon, where she is a recognized innovator in ophthalmic solutions. A holder of multiple patents and a recipient of the Conner Innovation Award, she specializes in drug development and healthcare management, backed by an MBA from The Johns Hopkins University.

Rekha is committed to continuous learning, having recently completed specialized programs in persuasive leadership at Wharton, drug development at UC San Diego, and Artificial Intelligence in Pharma and Biotech at MIT Sloan School of Management. Her focus is on the intersection of technology and healthcare innovation.

Unique fact: Rekha is a co-inventor on a patent for using specific protein variants for long-term holographic and three-dimensional data storage.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, R&D Portfolio Management
Job Level
Senior
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Rekha shows up

Information Seeker
Precise
Objective Thinker

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Priorities

Topics Rekha cares about

Ophthalmic Innovation
Her work, publications, and patents, including one for compositions with improved desiccation protection, are focused on advancing ophthalmic and artificial tear solutions.
AI in Biotech
Recently completed a specialized course from MIT Sloan, indicating a strong interest in how AI and Machine Learning are revolutionizing the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Senior Director, R&D Portfolio Management
Alcon
8-2022
Project Director, Extraocular Devices and Pharma
Alcon
7-2018 - 8-2022
Director, New Products Ideation, Dry Eye, Global Vision Care Franchise
Alcon
2-2016 - 6-2018
Associate Technical Project Leader
Novartis
4-2015 - 1-2016
Fellow
Novartis
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
Project Management Mastery
Stanford University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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