Personal Statement:
“I am an immigrant. I was born and grew up in Kolkata, India, and completed my
undergraduate studies there. In 1987, I came to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies with
nothing more than $20 and one suitcase filled with clothes and textbooks.
In 1993, my wife and I moved to Columbus. We lived in Victorian Village for 20+ years and are
living currently in downtown Columbus. As an immigrant, woman of color and lesbian, I have been very involved in civic and political engagement, as I strongly believe we improve our own lives only when we improve the lives of people around us. #VisibilityMatters”
Biography:
Rini Das (She, Her, Hers) is a serial entrepreneur, having founded her first company to provide
STEM tutoring when she was 15 years old. She founded and led various startups such as a
Gamification SaaS company — PAKRAGames.com and a Big Data consulting company —
DemsWin.com. At her core, she considers herself as Mary Poppins, she likes to fly in with her umbrella, solve problems and fly away. She founded RD Management Consulting Inc. (RDMCHelps.com) in 2003.
She brings decades of experience in Mergers and Acquisition consulting, Operational Excellence
and Lean Six Sigma, IT Leadership Excellence, Software Development, User adoption and Data
Science and Analytics. She has taught at various universities such as Mendoza School of
Business at University of Notre Dame, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University
and others. She is the co-founder of Zettabytes.Today – a networking organization for LGBTQ+ professionals in Tech, Data and Design. She has served on numerous Boards (non-profit, for-profit and Advisory), including Stonewall Columbus and Columbus & Central Ohio LGBTQ+ Leadership Roundtable.
She holds a MA in economics and game theory from the Stony Brook University (SUNY) and a MS in applied mathematics and decision sciences from the University of Iowa.