Ankur Desai is a research analyst at MDB Capital, an investment bank that focuses on companies with disruptive intellectual property.  Before MDB, Ankur was a senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting.  He was previously deputy campaign manager for Robert Rodriguez's 2006 congressional campaign to represent California's 25th congressional district, where he developed press and messaging strategies.  Ankur has also been an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, serving as counsel to private equity firms on merger and acquisition deals.  He holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Business, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an AB from the University of California-Berkeley.