Sastry Chilukuri is the Chairman & CEO of Emmes Group. Earlier he wasco-CEO of Medidata. Chilukuri was also the Founder & President of Acorn AI, Medidata’s Data Science business.

Chilukuri brings over 24 years of expertise in healthcare technology. Before joining Medidata, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he worked for 12 years advising bio-pharma, medical device, technology, PE and public sector clients around the world. Prior to that, he worked for GE Healthcare in software engineering, product development and operations.

He is a sought after board member currently serving on the boards of Dassault Systemes Life Sciences & Healthcare sector and Cyclica, a data-driven drug discovery company.

His perspectives have been widely disseminated, including conferences, media and numerous publications on McKinsey Insights. He holds multiple patents.

Chilukuri holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; a Master of Science from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India.