Tathagata Ray

Manager, Innovation, Praxis

Tathagata has extensive experience developing products and services ranging from software, biotechnology, medical devices, and engineering. He has experience in product development both in a research university ecosystem and in the start-up ecosystem. He is an inventor on multiple issued patents in the field of digital RT-PCR, which are currently part of a commercial product portfolio. Tathagata also has experience consulting multiple Fortune 500 healthcare companies on product, go-to-market strategy, and execution. He also brings experience working with innovators and guiding them through the commercialization process at the Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Minnesota.

He is passionate about entrepreneurship, developing innovative new healthcare products that positively impact people’s lives, and developing strategies to successfully bring those products to market. Tathagata holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management, specializing in the medical industry and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.