Maya Desai
Navigant Associate Director
New York, New York
Maya has over 13 years of experience working directly with founders, CEOs, and investors of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In her role as an associate director at Navigant, Maya has successfully provided product launch readiness and commercialization strategies for companies to remain competitive in the evolving healthcare environment. Maya also provides leadership to teams across a variety of global client stakeholders, including brand marketing, new product planning, and business development. Prior to joining Navigant, Maya consulted for life science and technology start-ups in the Silicon Valley where she worked on new product design and market entry strategies. She has been a Front-Line Scholar and Delegate at TEDMED and participates on panels and business competitions through Stanford GSB and Darden UVA. Maya completed the Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University GSB and received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Rochester.