Satish K. Tadikonda

Satish Tadikonda is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. In the MBA program, Satish teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager, a required first-year MBA course, and Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences, an elective course for second-year MBA students. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as an Executive Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HBS over a period of six years, advising Harvard-based students and startups on all aspects of the entrepreneurial journey.

In addition to his faculty work, Satish is a serial entrepreneur in the life sciences and healthcare sectors. His main interests lie in Healthcare IT and at the intersection of drug, medical device and diagnostics development, and software systems development, primarily for accelerating clinical trials and regulatory approvals.

Satish’s current venture, Trove Health (mytrovehealth.com), focuses on building technology for the engagement and retention of patients in clinical trials. Prior to Trove Health, Satish founded a number of companies focused on developing technology products or services within life sciences R&D: Avigo Solutions (Managing Partner), Virtify (Founder and CEO), Tribiosys (Co-Founder) and Enmed (Co-Founder and CEO). Early in his career, Satish was the Director of the Imaging Lab at EPIX Medical, and also worked as a lead Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Medical Products Group, working on developing innovative MRI, Ultrasound, and Telemedicine products.

Additionally, Satish was also an active participant in helping develop drug and medical device industry standards. He has also published and presented several articles in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences on topics in cardiovascular and brain image analysis and other medical imaging technology topics.

Satish currently serves on the Board of Directors of Scripta Insights, ConnectM Technologies, Unruly Studios, Gradient Health and the non-profit Gateway for Cancer Research. He is also an Executive Advisor to Blue Cloud Ventures and Advisor to Two Lantern Ventures. Satish is a very active early-stage investor as a member of TiE Angels and TBD Angels, and serves on the advisory boards of a number of startups. He co-founded TiE ScaleUp, an accelerator focused on scaling seed and Series A companies, and mentors a number of entrepreneurs at TiE ScaleUp, MassChallenge, the Harvard iLab and the Rock Accelerator at HBS.

Satish holds a Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Pilani).

Satish and his family live in Burlington, MA. They enjoy outdoor sports and are active members of their local community. Satish is an avid golfer and is a passionate college football fan, especially of the Hawkeyes.

Cases and Teaching Materials

• Weiss, Mitchell, Satish Tadikonda, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Nuritas." Harvard Business School Case 822-080, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.) View Details