Kulkarni Pandu

Pandu Kulkarni Ph.D.

Dr. Pandu Kulkarni is the Chief Analytics Officer R&D and Vice President of Statistics, Data, and Analytics at Eli Lilly and Co. Dr. Kulkarni leads a large division of people composed of statisticians from discovery to commercialization, advanced analytics, data management, data standards and technology. He joined Eli Lilly in 2000 and has held numerous leadership positions, including technical and management positions within, and outside of, Statistics.

Before joining Lilly, Dr. Kulkarni was a tenured professor at the University of South Alabama. He has worked with NASA, Air Force, and given numerous invited presentations and workshops across the globe to provide training and continuing medical education. He has published over 50 articles in statistics and medical areas in peer-reviewed journals.

He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics at LaTrobe University, Australia.