Mission, History & Opportunity Attracts New DIA Americas Leadership

In August 2016, DIA welcomed Dr. Sudip Parikh as Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the DIA Americas region. Dr. Parikh previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Health and Consumer Solutions at Battelle; he has also served as senior liaison for the US Senate Appropriations Committee in budget negotiations with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and research universities, centers and hospitals. What was the most important lesson he learned while working on Senate Appropriations? “At the biggest level, it’s never let the perfect get in the way of the good,” he explains. “There are many, many stakeholders at the table, and the perfect IS the enemy of the good.”