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Across articles, podcasts, and panels, Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD examines the commercial decisions behind deep tech: which market to pursue, what evidence customers need, how adoption happens, and where technically strong ventures stall, or excel.

Articles & publications

Research, commentary, and profiles on the decisions that move deep tech from technical promise to market evidence.

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD with two colleagues beside an optical table in a quantum lab at the Colorado Quantum Incubator.
Article · Dynamic Tech Media

Colorado Quantum Incubator: Human Driven. Quantum Powered.

A Colorado Tech Spotlight on the Colorado Quantum Incubator’s lab infrastructure, shared resources and community, featuring Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD on the challenges of quantum commercialization and attracting venture capital to Colorado.

October 26, 2025 Read
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Editorial · Dynamic Tech Media

Technology Adoption Should be a Key Metric for US Science and Engineering Policy

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD argues that U.S. science and engineering policy should measure technology adoption, not only research output—so public investment reflects whether new technologies become usable products and services.

December 4, 2024 Read
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Profile · Life After JILA

Life After JILA: Tanya Ramond

A profile of Tanya Ramond’s path from quantum physics and aerospace into product strategy, entrepreneurship, and Sapienne Consulting—and how technical depth shaped her approach to commercialization.

May 20, 2024 Read
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Profile · Inside Quantum Technology News

Women of Quantum Technology: Dr. Tanya Ramond of Sapienne Consulting

Inside Quantum Technology profiles Tanya Ramond’s background in astrophysics, laser spectroscopy, aerospace, and quantum—and how that technical foundation informs her work helping deep-tech companies reach real markets.

April 24, 2024 Read
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Guest column · Inside Quantum Technology

Frameworks We Must Love to Mature Quantum Technologies Beyond the Laboratory Into the Mainstream

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD outlines practical frameworks for moving quantum technologies beyond the laboratory, focusing on the market, adoption, and commercialization decisions required before technically strong innovations can reach mainstream use.

January 25, 2024 Read
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Blog post · Xairos

Facebook Likes Time: A giant leap forward for the time and synchronization industry

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD examines Meta’s Time Appliance and what it signals for precision timing and synchronization, including how more accessible timing infrastructure could reshape products and markets that depend on accurate time.

March 11, 2022 Read
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Article · LinkedIn

Yes, You Need Primary Market Research

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD explains why primary market research belongs before major commercialization decisions: founders need direct evidence about customers, use cases, priorities, and willingness to buy before committing product resources.

January 27, 2020 Read
Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD addressing an audience in front of Colorado Quantum Incubator signage.
Profile · LinkedIn

Voices of Scientists in Industry: Tanya Ramond

An early profile of Tanya Ramond’s industry career, covering her physics background and work in space-based optical communications while serving as Director of Product Management at BridgeSat.

March 9, 2018 Read

Podcasts & interviews

Deep-tech commercialization, customer discovery, and technology adoption—worked through in conversation.

Invisible Ink podcast episode 69 artwork: Tanya Ramond on deep tech commercialization, CEO of Sapienne Consulting.
Podcast · Invisible Ink / Achiiv

Ep 69 – Commercializing Deep Tech: From Scientist to Startup CEO

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD explains how deep-tech founders can shift from technology-first to customer-first thinking, select markets, design useful pilots, demonstrate traction, and bridge the gap between laboratory success and commercial adoption.

March 16, 2025 · Episode 69 Listen
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Podcast · Deep Pockets

Technology Adoption Should Be a Key Metric for US Science and Engineering Policy

Returning to Deep Pockets, Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD explains why technology adoption should become a core science and engineering policy metric, connecting research investment to the harder question of whether technologies reach usable products and services.

January 24, 2025 Listen
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Podcast · Activation Energy

Dr. Tanya Ramond (Sapienne Consulting) on DeepTech Commercialization

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD discusses the realities of commercializing deep tech, including the decisions founders face when turning technically complex ventures into products, markets, and businesses customers will support.

July 1, 2024 Listen
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Podcast · Deep Pockets

Turning Deep Tech into Sellable Products

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD joins Deep Pockets to examine the gap between scientific expertise and entrepreneurship—and what technical founders need to learn when turning deep-tech research into products people will buy.

March 2, 2023 Listen

Keynotes & speaking

Keynotes, panels, and workshops on the decisions that move deep tech from research toward adoption.

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD speaking on a four-person panel at a BizWest Economic Forum in Colorado, seated on stage before an audience.

Deep-tech decisions get expensive fast. Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD speaks to founders, accelerator and incubator directors, university innovation leaders, and enterprise R&D teams about how to validate markets before more money, time, and people get committed. Her work helped move a $28M quantum initiative forward with funding and board approval. She shows audiences how stronger customer evidence leads to better product, program, funding, and investment decisions.

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Panelist · Boulder Economic Summit

Technological Disruptions: AI, Automation, Cybersecurity and What’s Next

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD served as a panelist for Technological Disruptions, examining AI, automation, cybersecurity and emerging technologies—and what rapid technological change means for organizations navigating disruption.

October 6, 2026 View event
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Moderator · Colorado Startup Week

Quantum Across the Atlantic: Building the French-American Quantum Ecosystem in the Rocky Mountains

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD moderated a panel on the Colorado–France quantum connection, spanning foundational research, advanced photonics, commercialization, national security, investment and the development of globally competitive quantum companies.

September 15, 2026 Read recap
Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD on the Women Leading the Quantum Economy panel at the Colorado Technology Association Women in Tech Conference.
Panelist · Women in Tech Conference

Women Leading the Quantum Economy

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD served as a panelist on Women Leading the Quantum Economy, examining the talent, investment, infrastructure and cross-sector collaboration needed to build a thriving and inclusive quantum economy in Colorado.

September 9, 2026 View event
Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD presenting Why Here? Quantum Edition at Boulder Startup Week in Colorado, May 5, 2026.
Talk · Boulder Startup Week

Why Here? Quantum Edition!

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD delivered an intensive look at Colorado’s quantum history and landscape, connecting its Nobel Prize-winning legacy to the research institutions and industry shaping the ecosystem today.

May 5, 2026 View recap
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Webinar / panel · Angel Capital Association

ACA Webinar: Wrapping Up the Deep Tech Toolkit

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD joins an Angel Capital Association panel on deep-tech investing and introduces the Deep Tech Toolkit, which she helped author to give angel investors a clearer framework for evaluating these companies.

December 11, 2024 Watch
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Webinar · Angel Capital Association

Introducing Angel Investors to Deep Tech

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD helps angel investors understand how deep-tech startups differ from familiar software ventures, including longer development cycles, greater capital needs, technical risk, regulatory hurdles, and different milestones.

May 2, 2024 Watch
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Panel / moderator · Denver Startup Week

The Quantum Startup Space in Colorado

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD moderates a panel on Colorado’s quantum startup ecosystem and the opportunities emerging across quantum computing, sensing, and communications as the technology moves from research toward commercial applications.

October 7, 2021 Watch
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Panel / moderator · Denver Startup Week

How to Achieve Product Market Fit While Externally Funding your R&D

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD moderates a Denver Startup Week panel on moving from grant-funded R&D toward customer funding, product-market fit, and stronger evidence of market demand.

September 18, 2019
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Panel / moderator · Denver Startup Week

The Role of Aerospace Startups in the Innovation Ecosystem

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD moderates a panel on Colorado’s aerospace innovation ecosystem, examining how emerging companies contribute alongside major aerospace employers and established industry infrastructure.

September 26, 2018

Have a commercialization decision you can’t afford to get wrong?

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD helps deep-tech teams test the market before they commit more capital, time, or technical resources. If you need evidence for a market, raise, facility, or go-to-market decision, start with the intake call.

Need a deep-tech commercialization speaker or podcast guest?

Tanya Ramond, MBA, PhD speaks on the validation gap, customer discovery for technical markets, technology adoption, and why strong technologies stall. She accepts a limited number of keynotes, panels, workshops, and podcast appearances each quarter.

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