[Dallas, TX] — [March 10, 2026] — Cercle, a healthcare AI and data intelligence company advancing insights across women’s health and the broader pharma ecosystem, today announced the appointment of Pran Punniamoorthy as Chief Technology Officer. Pran will lead Cercle’s technology strategy, platform development, and engineering organization as the company enters its next phase of growth and expansion into pharma.
Pran brings extensive experience delivering both zero-to-one innovation and scaled products across large technology organizations and startups, including leadership roles at Microsoft (with direct experience in healthcare solutions), Block, and early-stage companies. His background in building and commercializing complex, data-driven platforms position him as a key leader as Cercle AI scales its technology and impact.
“Pran brings a rare combination of technical depth, leadership experience, and strategic perspective,” said Andreas Melder, Co-Founder and CEO of Cercle. “As Cercle expands beyond fertility and into broader pharma applications, his experience building scalable AI platforms and engaging with executive and investor audiences will be instrumental. Just as importantly, Pran shares our passion for healthcare, and our belief that data, when thoughtfully applied, can meaningfully improve outcomes.”
Cercle leverages its proprietary Cercle Biomedical Graph™ to convert large-scale healthcare data into real-time, high-quality insights. These insights enable providers, payors, and pharmaceutical organizations to operate more efficiently and deliver more personalized care. Firmly established in the fertility industry, Cercle originally developed its platform to address unmet needs in women’s health and is now expanding its capabilities to support a wider range of applications across the pharma and life sciences ecosystem.
Joining Cercle at this pivotal moment is an exciting opportunity,” said Pran Punniamoorthy, CTO of Cercle. “I look forward to collaborating with a world-class team committed to solving some of healthcare’s most important challenges. Cercle’s vision for applying AI and data intelligence—from women’s health to broader pharma—presents a unique chance to develop technology with real, lasting impact. I am eager to help scale the platform and work closely with the team to realize this vision.”
Throughout his career, Pran has led engineering organizations responsible for designing and operating highly scalable, mission-critical systems. His technical expertise spans knowledge graph modeling, ontology-driven data integration, graph databases, vector search, AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and enterprise-grade ML platforms, with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and performance.
Pran’s appointment underscores Cercle’s continued investment in technical leadership as the company deepens partnerships across healthcare and pharma and advances its AI-enabled platform.
