# Shabbir Dahod

> Shabbir Dahod is the co-founder, President and CEO of TraceLink, the Massachusetts company that built the de-facto industry standard network for tracing pharmaceuticals from factory to patient. He started the company in 2009 out of ideas sparked at MIT, after earlier stints building multimedia and web products at Paul Allen's Asymetrix and Microsoft, and founding the serialization pioneer SupplyScape. Today he is pushing TraceLink's 291,000-entity digital network toward agentic AI and end-to-end supply chain orchestration, work that earned him a 2024 Pros to Know Lifetime Achievement Award.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President and CEO at TraceLink
- **Organizations:** TraceLink, SupplyScape, Performaworks, Asymetrix, Microsoft, iWant.com
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Computer Science, Boston University
- **Known for:** Co-founded TraceLink and grew it into the de-facto industry standard for pharmaceutical traceability and global regulatory compliance., Built a digital network connecting roughly 291,000 entities across the life sciences and healthcare supply chain., Raised more than $230M in total funding, including a $93M Series D in 2018.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Joined Asymetrix, the startup led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, helping establish it as a leader in multimedia authoring technology.
- **1990s-2000s** — Moved to Microsoft to lead initiatives in collaboration and knowledge management after incubating early web-based products.
- **1999-2001** — President & CEO of iWant.com.
- **2001-2003** — Senior Vice President of Products and Services at Performaworks.
- **2003-2008** — Founder and Chairman of SupplyScape, an early pharmaceutical serialization company.
- **2009** — Co-founded TraceLink, building a cloud network for life sciences supply chain traceability from ideas sparked at MIT.
- **2017** — Named by PharmaVOICE among the 100 most inspirational and influential people in the life sciences industry.
- **2018** — TraceLink raised a $93M Series D, bringing total funding past $230M.
- **2020** — Featured on CNBC discussing securing the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain.
- **2024** — Received the Pros to Know Lifetime Achievement Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
- **2025** — Pushing TraceLink toward agentic AI and end-to-end supply chain orchestration.

## Achievements

- Co-founded TraceLink and grew it into the de-facto industry standard for pharmaceutical traceability and global regulatory compliance.
- Built a digital network connecting roughly 291,000 entities across the life sciences and healthcare supply chain.
- Raised more than $230M in total funding, including a $93M Series D in 2018.
- 2024 Pros to Know Lifetime Achievement Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
- Named one of PharmaVOICE's 100 most inspirational people in life sciences (2017).
- Earlier founded SupplyScape, a pioneer in pharmaceutical serialization.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Featured in 'Talking Supply Chain' discussing how AI and digitalization are transforming pharma supply chains.
- **2024-03** — Honored with the 2024 Pros to Know Lifetime Achievement Award.

## Links

- Website: https://tracelink.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shabbir-dahod-215471b
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tracelink
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPiKh8qUKxc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TraceLinkInc/

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