With more than two decades of relevant experience, Raghu is a proven leader in driving business growth through automation technologies

SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 31, 2025 – Ascential Medical & Life Sciences, a leader in solutions for development, manufacturing and automation of medical and life science devices that provides end-to-end commercialization services from ideation to scaled manufacturing, today announced the appointment of Raghu Behara as Managing Director of Automation. In this role, Raghu will strategically accelerate Ascential’s automation capabilities to drive market expansion and overall company
growth.

A seasoned business leader with more than 25 years of operational and strategic experience, Raghu has managed complex automation, life sciences and technology businesses across global markets. He brings a proven track record of building and leading high-performance teams and fostering organizational growth. Throughout his career, he’s gained a unique combination of technical depth, strategic thinking and operational execution that drives significant value.

“Raghu’s exceptional expertise in automation and industrial manufacturing, combined with his strong history of scaling businesses and driving operational excellence, make him the ideal leader to advance our automation capabilities,” said Anupam Girdhar, CEO of Ascential Medical & Life Sciences. “His deep understanding of the industry will enable us to better meet our customers’ rapidly evolving needs
and expand our market presence. Overall, this appointment reinforces our commitment to investing in automation innovation and strengthens our ability to provide our customers with best-in-class solutions.”

Raghu joins Ascential from Switzerland-based automation startup Bionomous, where he served as Chief Business Officer and led a turnaround strategy for the company. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Festo, an industrial automation leader, where he held multiple senior leadership roles and was instrumental in establishing Festo’s North American Life Sciences division while also growing the company’s global
liquid handling product line into a market-leading offering.

“As the automation landscape continues to evolve and increase in importance, Ascential is entering a defining phase of its growth journey,” said Raghu. “With an exceptional engineering team and comprehensive service offerings, the company is uniquely positioned to stand out in delivering cutting-edge solutions that address customers’ most complex challenges across the medical and life sciences industry. I look forward to driving innovation and further expanding Ascential’s market
leadership in automation solutions as I step into this position.”

Prior to Festo, Raghu provided strategic expertise in organizational transformation and operational improvement at McKinsey & Company. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade at AMD.

Raghu holds an MBA in General Management from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and advanced degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Utah State University and Andhra University.

For additional information on Ascential Medical & Life Sciences, please visit ascentialtech.com/mls/.

About Ascential Medical & Life Sciences
Ascential Medical & Life Sciences designs, develops, and automates complex products from ideation to scaled manufacturing, tackling customers’ most demanding, mission-critical challenges where the cost of failure is high. With more than 75 years of end-to-end innovation experience, Ascential brings together D&K Engineering, Korvis, NACS, Kinematic Automation, Aspect Automation, Quantum 3, and Primatics under its umbrella. The company helps customers accelerate critical solution innovation, mitigate risk, drive competitive differentiation, and shorten time to market, at scale. Ascential’s uniqueness lies in its commitment to guiding customers through the entire product life cycle, from ideation to commercialization, where quality and safety matter most. Ascential customers include Fortune 100 leaders and disruptive innovators such as 3M, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Learn more at ascentialtech.com/mls/.

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