Our Team

    Our Team

    Experienced Partners Driving Exceptional Returns

    Shanti Raja Rao

    Education

    • B.S. Physics, B.S. Astronomy - University of Washington
    • Doctor of Philosophy in Physics - California Institute of Technology

    Experience

    • Senior Engineer, Optics Section - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Co-Founder - Raosoft, Inc.

    Monu Jacob Joseph

    Education

    • BA - UCSB
    • JD with High Distinction - University of Iowa
    • MBA - University of Oxford

    Experience

    • Attorney - Morrison & Foerster
    • Investment Banker - CIBC
    • Fund Manager - Emerald Crest Capital
    • Fund Manager - GrayArch Partners

    Lt. Col. Damon Walsh (Ret.)

    Education

    • BA - Eastern Illinois University
    • MS, Management - US Naval Postgraduate School
    • MBA, Finance - Capella University
    • Advanced Executive Program - Kellogg Graduate School of Management
    • Executive Education - Harvard Business School

    Experience

    • CEO - Iten Defense, LLC
    • Co-Founder & Director - Mission Solutions Group
    • EVP, Customer Operations - Force Protection Industries (NASDAQ)
    • President - Jet-Hot High-Performance Coatings
    • 25+ Years US Army Officer - Infantry, Special Forces, Army Acquisition Corps
    • Director - International Spy Museum

    Nilesh Shah

    Education

    • MSEE - Purdue University
    • MBA - California State University

    Experience

    • VP - ZeroPoint Technologies
    • Advisor - FarmGPU, Solidigm, MaxLinear, rapt.ai, MEXT.ai, FulcrumCloud
    • Contributor - OCP, SNIA, JEDEC, CXL Consortium
    • Strategic Planning Lead, Data Center SSD - Intel