Ryan Panchadsaram

Biography


Juan E. Gilbert B.S., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

 

Ryan Panchadsaram is an engineer and investor dedicated to building the industries of the future. He has held senior positions in both business and government and has served on the boards of companies and non-profits across the healthcare, climate, and technology sectors. At Kleiner Perkins, he is the technical advisor to the Chair, John Doerr. Through Doerr’s family office, he invests in groundbreaking technologies such as fusion energy, synthetic biology, and AI. Panchadsaram and Doerr co-authored Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now and collaborated on the number one bestseller Measure What Matters.


During the Obama-Biden Administration, Panchadsaram served as a Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he championed entrepreneurship, innovation, and open data. He played a key role in leading the turnaround of HealthCare.gov, which provided healthcare coverage to over 21 million Americans. He also helped launch the United States Digital Service, a White House unit that recruits top technologists to serve in government. Earlier in his career, Panchadsaram held roles at Microsoft and Salesforce.


He is a member of the National Science Board’s class of 2024-2030.