About
Deep tech leader advising early-stage technology through to commercialization, with experience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ASML, and Intel, and oversight of major exits.
Experience
- Q-CTRLChief Strategy Officercurrent2021 — presentSan Diego, CA
- Z21 VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- Hyperspec.aiAdvisor2021 — 2022San Diego, California, United States
- Sense Photonics (acquired by NASDAQ: OUST)SVP/ Head Of Products2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AEye, Inc. (went public as NASDAQ: LIDR)VP of Products2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Wind River (Intel) - Acquired in 2022 by Aptiv for $4.5BHead of Connected Vehicle Products2017 — 2018Greater San Diego Area
- Wind River (Intel)Director of Corporate Strategy2015 — 2017Alameda/Santa Clara
- IBBConsulting Manager (Senior)2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Monitor DeloitteSenior Consultant2012 — 2013Greater Boston Area
- Cognex CorporationProduct Marketing Manager2010Natick, MA
- CymerKey Account Technologist2009 — 2010Greater San Diego Area
- CymerSr. Systems Test/Algorithms Engineer2005 — 2009Greater San Diego Area
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics, BangaloreResearch Engineer2002 — 2003
Skills & more
P&L Management1Matlab6Business Objects3Risk Analysis1Systems Engineering27Product Management19Project Management4Cross-functional Team Leadership28Semiconductors4Cloud Computing2Engineering2Management Consulting1
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StrategyBusiness StrategyManagementEngineering ManagementProduct DevelopmentIT StrategyAnalyticsGo-to-market StrategyLeadershipStrategic PlanningAnalysisStart-upsLanguages English
From Aravind's professional profile.
Colleagues at Seafund
Agam Gupta
Principal at Seafund
Anand Bhaskar
Business Transformation Consultant at Seafund
Ashvanni Srivastava
Entrepreneur & Business Leader at Seafund
Dr. A A Mohamed Adil
MD, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre at Seafund
Grace Kim
Associate at Sazze
Harkesh Mittal
Chairman, Startup India Seed Fund Committee at Seafund
Jay Pillai
Co-Founder & CEO, Alp Consulting at Seafund
Manoj Kumar Agarwal
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Seafund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aravind Ratnam?
- Deep tech leader advising early-stage technology through to commercialization, with experience at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ASML, and Intel, and oversight of major exits.
- Where does Aravind Ratnam work?
- Aravind Ratnam is Chief Strategy Officer, Q-Ctrl at Seafund.
- Where did Aravind Ratnam go to school?
- Aravind Ratnam studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science, Engineering and Management); Brainard Strategy (Executive Training, Leadership Development); Florida Institute of Technology (Master of Science, Physics and Space Sciences).
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,521
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended Florida Institute of Technology11
Talal T. AlmoayedVenture Partner at Ff Venture CapitalNaeem RazaVenture Partner at Mighty CapitalBen TrybaVice President at Growth Street PartnersIbrahim AlrashidBoard Member at SVCJake BarrettPrincipal at Friendly Trading Group 2Miguel AdãoPresident of Voler Systems, an Innovobot Company at Innovobot
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Also attended RV College Of Engineering26
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalDan GebremedhinPartner at Flare Capital PartnersAnu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator CollectiveNarendra BhandariGeneral Partner at SeafundAshok RampalliChief of Staff / Analyst at Dallas Venture CapitalJay KrishnanPartner & Head of India Investment Groups at Beyond Next Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Q-CTRL14
Ben YuInvestor at Sierra VenturesBritt DannemanPrincipal at Alpha EdisonLewis PinaultChief Scientist at Airbus VenturesNicole ConnerPartner at Airbus VenturesJoseph MillerInvestor at Morpheus VenturesDamien PettyInvestor at Morpheus Ventures
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Also worked at IBB1
Also worked at Monitor Deloitte106
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