Dr. Chet Rao is an accomplished innovator and seasoned business leader with over 20 years of experience accelerating growth across consumer products and healthcare. His background spans Fortune 200 organizations and leading healthcare institutions, with a demonstrated history of guiding high-impact innovation, driving operational performance, and leading M&A transactions from $5 million to $500 million.

Chet holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay, a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. He brings scientific rigor, commercial insight, and strategic leadership to support artius.iD’s mission of delivering secure, quantum-resilient, decentralized identity infrastructure.

He is an avid golfer and published author.