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Dr. Reza Rahaman

Bernard Gordon Managing Director and Technical Leadership and Communication (TLC)
Industry Co-Director and Senior Lecturer
MIT Room: 35-433L
(617) 324-7850
http://upop.mit.edu/our-staff/reza-rahaman

Research Summary

Dr. Reza Rahaman returned to MIT in 2018 after a 29-year career in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmaceuticals, and Agricultural Chemical Industries. Immediately prior to MIT, Reza was the Vice-president of Research, Development, and Innovation for the Specialty Division of the Clorox Company. In that role he was accountable for developing innovation strategies for a diverse set of businesses and ensuring robust technology roadmaps and innovation pipelines to deliver growth and profit targets for 45% of the Clorox Company portfolio.

In addition to his passion for developing leaders, Rahaman is passionate about workplace equality and is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the world’s premier nonprofit promoting LGBT+ workplace equality.

Rahaman received his BSc.(Eng.) in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London, and his MSCEP in Chemical Engineering Practice and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT.

Recent Work