Financial Portfolio Management

Chetan brings financial management experience to the Ascendant team. He managed a portfolio of $30bn in loans originated to business borrowers in the retail, automotive, fishing, forestry and industrial sectors.

Chetan’s expertise in risk management for complex transactions informs his sharp sense of financial judgement. Chetan plays an essential role in assessing the long-term opportunity of Ascendant’s investments.

Technical Leadership

Chetan is a multi-dimensional technical leader with significant accomplishments in research and industry.

Chetan has built high scale AI products from scratch at industry leading companies such as Discord and Capital One. He delivers immense value by engineering decision infrastructure that empowers experts to automate tactical decisions, as well as augmenting their ability to create strategies.

Chetan bootstrapped Advisar AI with his co-founder Joe to over $1.3mn in revenue before transitioning to a high-profit consulting model.

In his research career, Chetan engineered and fabricated high precision optical, cryogenic, and nanotech equipment for projects with DARPA and the DOE.

Chetan believes in empowering his teams to act independently, while providing consistent coaching and direction.