# Vivek Gera

> Vivek Gera is the co-founder and CEO of Leucine, an enterprise software company serving pharmaceutical manufacturers. An IIT Kanpur chemical-engineering graduate with experience at Rio Tinto and in compliance consulting, he also hosts industry conversations on the Leucine Podcast.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Leucine
- **Organizations:** Leucine, LeucineTech, Rio Tinto, Schlumberger, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- **Education:** B.Tech. - M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Exchange studies in Chemical Process Control; Erasmus Mundus Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- **Known for:** Led Leucine through a $7 million Series A announced in October 2023., Leucine reported deployments at more than 300 manufacturing facilities across 10 countries in 2023., Leucine was part of the inaugural Techstars Bengaluru accelerator cohort in 2019.

## Career timeline

- **2007–2012** — Studied chemical engineering at IIT Kanpur.
- **2010** — Participated in an NTNU exchange in chemical process control.
- **Before Leucine** — Held process engineering and process control roles at Rio Tinto; also worked at Schlumberger and as an independent compliance consultant.
- **2018** — Publicly profiled as CEO of LeucineTech; early coverage identified Abhishek Jha as a co-founder.
- **2019** — Leucine participated in the first Techstars Bengaluru accelerator cohort.
- **2023** — As Leucine co-founder and CEO, announced a $7 million Series A led by Ecolab.
- **2023–2024** — Hosted Leucine Podcast interviews with manufacturing and quality leaders.
- **2025** — Listed as a speaker at the CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition.

## Achievements

- Led Leucine through a $7 million Series A announced in October 2023.
- Leucine reported deployments at more than 300 manufacturing facilities across 10 countries in 2023.
- Leucine was part of the inaugural Techstars Bengaluru accelerator cohort in 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Company update: Leucine announced an electronic batch packaging record go-live at Amneal’s Brookhaven facility.
- **2026-02** — Company roadmap: CPO Mustaq Singh published a letter describing Leucine’s connected data architecture and agentic AI plans; this is not a personal statement by Gera.
- **2025-10** — Leucine listed a cleaning-validation webinar featuring Gera and Ecolab’s Thomas Altman.
- **2025-07** — CRS Annual Meeting speaker listing scheduled Gera for a presentation on AI/ML on July 14, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://leucine.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-gera
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/vivekgera

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