Kishen Raghunath is the founder of Ashlar Industries, where he’s focused on building a modern, enduring aerospace and defense company rooted in precision manufacturing and long-term partnership. With a background spanning aerospace engineering, strategic finance, and private investment, Kishen brings a multidisciplinary approach to scaling small industrial businesses into resilient, innovation-driven platforms.

Before founding Ashlar, he worked across high-growth ventures and investment firms supporting hardware-intensive companies in aerospace and advanced manufacturing. His experience bridging technical and financial disciplines shapes Ashlar’s mission: to strengthen the U.S. industrial base through thoughtful acquisition, operational excellence, and reinvestment in engineering and innovation.