LEHIGH UNIVERSITY SBDC TEAM BIOS

Sundeep Verma (Sunny) is a seasoned entrepreneur and commercial executive with over 25 years of experience in strategy development and value creation across corporate and entrepreneurial settings. He profoundly understands how business strategy, technology, and operations intersect and uses practical know-how, strategic insights, and collaborative approach to lead in diverse cross-functional environments.

Sunny started his career at Merck & Company. During his 20-year tenure at Merck, Sunny held critical management roles in various commercial areas – including Sales Management, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Channel Development, and Customer Experience. He led multiple initiatives focusing on developing innovative solutions to drive results. Before joining the SBDC, he spent ten years as an entrepreneur, where he founded and built a technology start-up with operations in multiple countries. He also acquired and operated a healthcare services company in Northeast PA. He exited out of these ventures in 2020 and 2021 and provided strategic consulting services to companies in AI Technology and decentralized clinical trial space from 2020-2022.

Sunny has a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from the Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa. He was recognized as one of the 50 Outstanding Asian Americans 2005, by Asian American Business Development Center, New York.