About
Ajay Dankar is co-founder of Trussed AI, a company focused on making generative and agentic AI enterprise-ready. His background spans cloud infrastructure, PaaS, and SaaS, with prior roles including vice president of engineering at Vertical Communications and engineering leadership positions at Microsoft. He holds four U.S. patents in multi-factor authentication and founded Finsphere, a fintech company addressing card fraud that was later acquired by Visa.
Co-Founder at Trussed AI
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Sunita ReddyCo-Founder
Experience
- Trussed AICo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- GoogleProduct Management2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Head of Products and Eng Programs2020 — 2023
- AdobeSr. Director2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Aviatrix SystemsVice President, Products2017
- PayPalSenior Director, Product Management, Cloud Platform & Infrastructure2015 — 2016San Jose, CA
- eBay/PayPalSenior Director, Product and Program Management, Cloud Platform & Infrastructure2013 — 2016San Jose, CA
- Vertical CommunicationsVice President of Engineering2011 — 2012
- FinsphereCo-founder/CTO2007
- MicrosoftTechnology Partnerships and Solutions2003 — 2007
- CplaneDirector2002 — 2003
- Cisco SystemsTechnical Leader1996 — 2000
- AT&T Bell LabsSoftware Developer1993 — 1995
Skills & more
Cloud Computing79Product Management63Strategic Partnerships41Start-ups26Mobile Applications19Unified Communications14Program Management15Software Development14Engineering Management11Product Marketing13Go-to-market Strategy9Integration9
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ajay Dankar?
- Ajay Dankar is co-founder of Trussed AI, a company focused on making generative and agentic AI enterprise-ready. His background spans cloud infrastructure, PaaS, and SaaS, with prior roles including vice president of engineering at Vertical Communications and engineering leadership positions at Microsoft. He holds four U.S. patents in multi-factor authentication and founded Finsphere, a fintech company addressing card fraud that was later acquired by Visa.
- Where does Ajay Dankar work?
- Ajay Dankar is Co-Founder of Trussed AI.
- What companies did Ajay Dankar found?
- Ajay Dankar founded Trussed AI.
- Where did Ajay Dankar go to school?
- Ajay Dankar studied at University of Florida (Masters, EE); Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Bachelors, EE); Stanford Continuing Studies (Self Driving Cars).
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