Ramsey Homsany

Ramsey Homsany is the Co-Founder and President of Octant, a next-generation drug discovery company that uses high-throughput cellular engineering and nanoscale chemistry approaches to develop small molecule drugs.13

Background and Education

Ramsey graduated from Rutgers School of Engineering in 1997 with a BS in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. He later obtained his JD from New York University Law School.1

Career Highlights

1. Legal Career: Ramsey started his career as a technology attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.3

2. Google: He served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Google, managing commercial legal groups and negotiating major partnerships.13

3. Dropbox: As General Counsel at Dropbox, Ramsey led various teams including communications, public policy, human resources, legal, and trust and security. During his tenure, Dropbox became the fastest SaaS company to reach $1 billion in revenue.13

4. Octant: In 2017, Ramsey co-founded Octant, tapping into his biochemical engineering roots.1

Personal Life

• Ramsey is a first-generation American who lived abroad as a child before settling in New Jersey.2
• He has two brothers, Karim and Nadim, who also graduated from Rutgers School of Engineering.2
• Ramsey currently lives in San Francisco.2
• He enjoys hiking, camping, cooking over fire, punk music, and exploring neighborhood art galleries.3

Additional Roles

• Board member at the Rutgers College of Engineering3
• Board member at Represent.us, a grassroots political reform organization3

Ramsey Homsany's career has been marked by building high-performance teams and technology companies, with a current focus on leveraging synthetic biology for drug discovery at Octant.