Ray has over 30 years of experience in creating and growing new business ventures and commercializing products based on innovative materials. He is a recognized leader in advanced polymer chemistry, with over 25 US patents to his name. Over the course of his career, he has developed innovative products with annualized revenue in the range of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Ray is the founder of Landec Corporation, (NASDAQ: LNDC), a public company that successfully developed and commercialized a new class of temperature-responsive polymers called Intellimers®™. Ray led business development at Landec, and all financing activities in addition to the development of new materials and products for diverse markets including food packaging, agriculture, industrial adhesives, and medical devices.
In addition to Cantimer, Inc., Ray also co-founded Bay Materials, LLC, an advanced materials development and manufacturing company focused on serving the needs of companies in the medical device, consumer health and electronics industries.