Narayan Raj

Chief Operating Officer ValGenesis

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Narayan Raj is Chief Operating Officer of ValGenesis, the Santa Clara company whose software lets pharmaceutical and other life sciences manufacturers manage validation digitally rather than on paper. At ValGenesis the COO role is commercial. The company describes him as responsible for worldwide sales, partnerships and lead generation, including winning new customers and expanding existing accounts. He came to the role from sales and pre-sales management in software for regulated life sciences companies, including positions at Pilgrim Quality Solutions and Infor.

Career Highlights

• Chief Operating Officer of ValGenesis, holding the title since at least October 2023 and listed first on its current leadership team.
• Runs ValGenesis’s worldwide sales, partnerships and lead generation, and sets its sales strategy for new and existing customers.
• Senior Director of Industry Solutions at Pilgrim Quality Solutions.
• Director of Pre-Sales at enterprise software company Infor.

Professional Journey

Raj’s career has been spent selling software to regulated life sciences companies, a market where purchases are shaped as much by compliance obligations as by functionality. ValGenesis says he has held several sales management positions. Two are named. He was Director of Pre-Sales at Infor, the enterprise applications company, and Senior Director of Industry Solutions at Pilgrim Quality Solutions. ValGenesis does not date either role.

ValGenesis sells a validation lifecycle management system that replaces the paper-based processes pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers have traditionally used to show that their equipment, processes and computer systems work as specified. The company says 40 of the top 50 global life sciences companies use its software, across more than 450 GMP sites. It is led by chief executive and chief product strategist Siva Samy, and its board includes a managing director of Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.

As Chief Operating Officer, Raj is responsible for the company’s commercial engine. That covers worldwide sales, partnerships and lead generation, and the sales strategy for both acquiring new customers and expanding existing ones. He was already COO in October 2023, when ValGenesis launched ValGenesis University, an online training and certification platform for customers and partners. “ValGenesis University embodies our mission to enhance our customers’ capabilities and empower their growth,” he said at the launch. He remains at the head of the company’s published leadership team.

Education

No education record was found in ValGenesis’s biography or press releases, or in any other first-party source.