Ryan Panchadsaram, to be a Member of the National Science Board

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President Joe Biden announced a slew of appointments to various boards and commissions, among them a South Asian American.

Ryan Panchadsaram is an engineer and investor specializing in building the industries of the future, the White House announced Sept. 15, in a press release. He is among at least 15 appointments the President named.

Panchadsaram 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 currently, he is the technical advisor to the Chair, John Doerr, and together they invest 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. In that position, he championed entrepreneurship, innovation, and open data.

He is credited with playing a key role in leading the turnaround of HealthCare.gov, which provided healthcare coverage to over 21 million Americans. Following this, he 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 received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.