We are Omnitheia.
Where Life Science Data, Expertise & Technology Converge
Built by leaders in the life science consulting, RWE, investment and analytics space with a collective experience of over 4 decades. We address the current bottlenecks and barriers our industry faces, due to siloed access to data, expertise and technology
Leadership & Strategy
Ajay Karandikar
Founder & CEO
Ajay is a seasoned leader with over 15 years of commercial and consulting experience in the Lifesciences industry.
Having built high-growth divisions at Atheneum and held strategic roles at GlobalData and Evalueserve, he founded Omnitheia to revolutionize pharmaceutical innovation by democratizing access to validated insights.
A trusted advisor in licensing and valuations, he bridges the gap between complex data and clinical-commercial success to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative, life-saving therapies globally.
Sam Fryer
Commercial
Sam is a seasoned Life Science Commercial Leader with an extensive background in market access and business intelligence .
Previously the Chief Revenue Officer at InfoDesk and a leader at GlobalData, he has consulted for many of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies while overseeing significant growth and software exits.
As a key stakeholder for Omnitheia who leads commercial strategy, Sam ensures the platform delivers tangible value and strategic insights to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations worldwide through founder-level commitment.
Lynn Epstein
Operations
Lynn manages operational excellence and data integrity at Omnitheia, combining her expertise as a product-oriented commercial leader.
As the former COO and co-founder of InfoDesk, she spent over two decades scaling the business to a successful exit while working extensively with high-stakes pharmaceutical and biotech organizations.
As a key stakeholder, Lynn ensures that internal operations support the delivery of accurate, validated insights required for strategic decision-making, ensuring that meticulous precision remains a hallmark of the company globally.
Sterling Stites
Operations
Sterling oversees operations and product strategy at Omnitheia, bringing enterprise-scale leadership as the former CEO and co-founder of InfoDesk.
After honing his expertise in senior roles at IBM and Dow Jones, he successfully led InfoDesk to a private equity exit after 23 years of serving diverse global organizations.
As a key stakeholder, Sterling ensures the platform’s infrastructure meets enterprise-standard requirements, providing the bedrock for Omnitheia’s technological excellence and security-first approach to pharmaceutical intelligence on a significant global scale.
Mahesh Yadav
Product & Tech
Mahesh is a Technical Architect and Enterprise AI Leader with over 17 years of experience specializing in scalable products .
He leads product development at Omnitheia, focusing on building complex data pipelines and agentic AI capabilities that eliminate hallucinations by driving innovation in Retrieval-Augmented Generation and automated verification workflows.
Mahesh ensures the delivery of validated intelligence through future-ready solutions designed specifically for the life sciences industry, underpinning the technical integrity of the platform and its critical strategic data applications globally.
Renata Crome
Strategic Advisory Board
Renata brings 25 years of specialized expertise to the Strategic Advisory Board as a leading authority in the pharmaceutical industry .
During her tenure as Deputy Global Head of Early Development at Roche, she led project teams for flagship therapies. A specialist in regulatory approval, she also led a UK government pharmaceutical expert team.
Renata leverages her deep experience in commercialisation and clinical development to help Omnitheia utilize AI for accelerating therapy discovery and improving patient outcomes through high-impact medical intelligence and validated insights globally.
