About Us

Our team includes some of the most professional and leading experts working in the world of innovation, technology, investment, and intellectual property asset management services.

About Us

Our team includes some of the most professional and leading experts working in the world of innovation, technology, investment, and intellectual property asset management services.

Who We Are

Management & strategic advisory

Dan Drolet

Chairman, President & Ceo

Vijay Rao

Director, Strategy and M&A Advisor

John McAvoy

Director

Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Strategic Advisor

Alex Lee

Partner and IP Strategist

Dan Abelow

Senior Partner, Technologist & Global Innovation Expert

Lee Stogner

Partner, Digital Transformation

Jeff Tolnar

Strategic Advisor

Justin Saul

Technologist & Futurist

Ben McIntosh

Sr. Principal

Alexandre Chatel

European Partnerships

Chris Tisdel

Innovation Expert, Ruckus – Liquidax Partnership

Johann Ammerlahn

Principal Engineer & Technologist

Andrey Dolgov

Principal Engineer, SME, System Architect

Petras V. Avizonis

Ph.D, Senior Scientist, Technical Innovation Expert

Russell Young

Partner

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Vijay Rao

Director, Strategy and M&A Advisor

Vijay is a C-level executive with extensive leadership experience in large corporations and startup environments both in domestic and international settings. He has a unique perspective to the challenges faced in a variety of industries including Industrials, Heavy Engineering, Oil & Gas, Water & Wastewater and several others. Vijay builds and leads high-performance, geographically dispersed teams and enhances the position of a company in the global landscape for success.

He is an analytical, big-picture, multi-dimensional thinker and visionary with deep business acumen. Vijay is functionally well-versed in strategy and general management, commercial, operations and engineering / technology. Being a strong believer in the adoption and usage of technology, he identifies new value-creation opportunities, develops compelling strategies and converts them into executable initiatives and solutions that yield higher market share and profits.

Recently, Vijay served as the Group Director of Strategy and M&A at Rotork plc. Prior to Rotork, he was in Corporate Development and Strategy at Honeywell in the Home & Building Technologies and Sensing and Productivity Solutions businesses (formerly collectively known as ACS). Prior to Honeywell, he had a similar role at Danaher where he honed his lean experience which was reinforced with DBS.He expanded his Flow Control experience at IDEX Corporation. Prior to IDEX, Vijay spent extensive time with technology and software companies including PTC, a pioneer in digital twins and IoT.

Vijay has an MBA and certificate in Corporate Governance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelors of Engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology in India.

He is providing strategic advice on Liquidax’s key growth opportunities related to our Innovation PIPEs transactions. He is also driving engagement with small and mid-cap companies as well as PE and VC backed companies who will benefit from technology infusion and new business models.