Bio

Assad Waathiq

23 years in finance, from Morgan Stanley to Citigroup to JPMorgan. Built and ran business development teams, managed nine-figure portfolios, and sold to founders and C-suites across the middle market. Directed the #1 emerging technologies practice at BDO USA, leading a team of 350. Venture advisor and limited partner at Necessary Ventures, focused on early-stage companies in healthcare, finance, sustainability, and education. Vice Chair of the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation. Board Council at Yosemite National Parks Conservancy, serving on audit and marketing committees. Now building Prznt, where the work is custom engineering for small and medium-sized businesses, engineered using AI. 100% of the human work: go-to-market, product, engineering, client delivery. From first call to working products. Cornell, Department of Economics.