Ravi Chatwani @ Prosum
Ravi Chatwani
Co-CEO
Prosum, Inc.
Employees: 250
Revenue: $30,000,000
YPOSMB Member since 2004
ABOUT PROSUM:
At Prosum, we build strong links between people and technology. We trade lectures full of tech acronyms for discussions of business benefits. We help business executives partner with their IT departments and co-lead technology transformation and cybersecurity initiatives. Prosum is a technology services company that provides IT Managed Services, Cloud Consulting and IT Staffing to mid-market and enterprise companies. Prosum is headquartered in El Segundo, CA, with offices in Newport Beach, Denver and Phoenix. Prosum has been ranked as an Inc. 500 company and was previously voted the 7th Best Place to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY - CAUSES AND ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED:
Personal – Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Emeritus Council Member
Personal – The Kiran Anjali Project (Educating children from slums in India)
Personal – Venice Family Clinic
Prosum – Annual Prosum STEAM summit for Los Angeles Unified School District
Prosum – Annual i.am.angel gala event
Prosum – Annual charitable volunteer events at Ronald McDonald House
Prosum – Annual charitable volunteer events at Beach Cities Health District
Prosum – American Red Cross Blood Drives, Food Bank of the Rockies, L.A Works, Salvation Army, Grandma’s House of Hope, AIDS Walk, Laptops for Nepal, etc.
ABOUT RAVI:
I’m blessed to have a wife who makes me a kinder, humbler, and more charitable person. Madhu is a physician at Torrance Memorial Hospital and volunteers at the Venice Family Clinic. She’s an incredible mother to our two daughters, Priya and Nisha who are studying Computer Science at Stanford University and USC. We live in Manhattan Beach.
My business partner, Ken Aster, and I worked together over 25 years ago at Hughes Aircraft Company and were roommates and close friends. We are living the American dream and grateful to have self-funded and organically grown Prosum.
I grew up in Akron, Ohio and came to Los Angeles after high school. I love sports, white hacking, supporting our intelligence community, and watching my daughters blossom.
RAVI & YPO SANTA MONICA BAY
I originally joined YPO out of ambition and status. What I received was love, friendship, real world business advice, and a great deal of personal growth.
I came in a hustler and grinder with a naïve gangster-like loyalty. After 16 years in YPO, I have been fortunate to literally grow up and mature while still maintaining who I am. I learned to not take YPO for granted and be truly grateful to be a member of such an amazing organization.
I learned to focus on what I do control vs. what I don’t. I learned to be gracious in my interactions and that helping others is more important than anything. The rest will work out.
In addition to family and friends, YPO has been the biggest positive influence in my life.
Member Since: 2004
Offices Held:
YPOSMB Chapter Chair 2017-18
YPOSMB Mentor Officer 2017-18
YPOSMB Chapter Health & Development 2012-13
YPOSMB Integration Vice Officer 2011-12
YPOSMB Forum Officer 2010-11
YPOSMB Forum Vice Officer 2009-10
YPOSMB Forum Vice Officer 2008-09
YPOSMB Chapter Health & Development 2007-08
YPOSMB Chapter Health & Development Vice 2006-07
YPOSMB Information Technology Officer 2005-06