# Priya Bhutani

> Priya Bhutani, also publicly known as Priya Paul (Bhutani), is the founder and CEO of RegDesk. Her career spans engineering at Baxter, business development, global regulatory consulting, and building software that combines regulatory intelligence with workflows for international market access.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at RegDesk
- **Organizations:** RegDesk, Baxter Healthcare, DreamIt, Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, University City Science Center
- **Education:** B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, with Honors, University of Illinois, M.S. in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Sciences, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Received a Distinguished Thesis Award at Northwestern University., Earned an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering with Honors., Selected as one of three 2015 Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs fellows.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Began her career as a Product Design Engineer at Baxter Healthcare.
- **—** — Served as Director of New Business Development before five years as a global regulatory consultant.
- **2014** — Tested her RegDesk idea at Startup Weekend, launched a beta, and participated in DreamIt in Philadelphia.
- **2015** — Named an Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs fellow.
- **2017** — Described RegDesk’s peer-reviewed expert intelligence and machine-learning approach in a founder interview.
- **2019** — RegDesk documented as an ic@3401 company, Digital Health Accelerator graduate, and Global Startup Accelerator participant.
- **2026** — Discussed intelligent regulatory information management and AI with Beau Hamilton on the SourceForge podcast.

## Achievements

- Received a Distinguished Thesis Award at Northwestern University.
- Earned an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering with Honors.
- Selected as one of three 2015 Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs fellows.
- Built RegDesk from an early expert marketplace into regulatory information management software.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Appeared on SourceForge Podcast episode 119, published May 29, to discuss intelligent regulatory information management, AI workflows, and human review.

## Links

- Website: https://www.regdesk.co/authors/priya-bhutani/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyabhutani/

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