Rayol J. Augustus, MS, MBA, Ph.D.

Rayol John Augustus is the President & Founder and COO of   Shréis-Scalene Sciences Inc., Maryland, USA,  which he founded in July 2007.  He is also the founder and President and CEO of Shreis Cardiotech (founded in 2003).  His personal interaction of over 20 years and friendship with Dr. Rajah Vijay Kumar D.Sc, the inventor of the ssscyto and the Cytotron has led to the exclusive Technology License agreements that Dr. Augustus has from the inventor and  the fomation of the two companies.  

From 1994 to 1998 he served with the Embassy of India, Washington DC, as the Advisor (Defense Technology) to the Ministry of Defense, Government of India.  He was responsible for monitoring of all Indo-US Defense Technology Projects and Technology Transfer and represented  the 53 labs of India’s Defense R&D Organization .  He established extensive Indo-US technology interaction & relations  and  facilitated extensive  Indo-US defense technology business. Prior to this he was a senior scientist  and Director  with the Indian DRDO.

His academic qualifications include a BSc. in Physics, Bachelors Degree in Aeronautical Engineering  from MIT, Madras, Dip. in Business Administration, Diplome de Specialization (ENSAE), MS(Aerospace), ENSAE, Toulouse, France and a Ph.D from PWU, USA in Technology Transfer (International Relations ). He is a specialist in simulation engineering and is also qualified in Cardiovascular Technology. He has authored several classified and unclassified technical defense reports and papers and participated and presented papers in several national and International conferences. 

Dr. Augustus lives in Maryland with his wife Prof. Meena Augustus, daughter Nichelle and son Nichol.