Praveen Tipirneni, M.D., M.S. Vice President, Business Development, has served as head of business development since January 2006. In his five years at Cubist, Praveen has operated in both the business development and clinical development functions. Prior to joining Cubist, Dr. Tipirneni worked at Sun Microsystems in Corporate Strategy, Covad Communications in Corporate Strategy, and Deltagen, in Business Development and also served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Dr. Tipirneni received a bachelor's degree from MIT in Mechanical Engineering, and an M.D. from McGill University Faculty of Medicine. After completing his post-graduate residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago, he received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in healthcare finance.