Manni is also a Director and Chairperson on the Board of Aragen Bioscience Inc, a fully owned subsidiary of GVK BIO, based in Morgan Hill, California, Aragen Bioscience is focused on large molecule R&D solutions. Prior to joining GVK BIO, Manni was in the IT industry, where he spent 16 years with Intel, holding various leadership positions in the USA and Asia. At Intel Manni held Senior leadership roles. He served as the head of Intel India, the CIO of Intel for Asia and was responsible for the software in Intel’s Wi-Fi product line Centrino.

Manni holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University and a BE in Computer Engineering from Bombay University. He completed all his PhD requirements and joined Intel prior to completing his dissertation.