Ajay Manglani

Ajay Manglani has a diverse work experience in marketing and leadership roles. Ajay is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Kognitos. Ajay is also a Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator and Mentor Makers. Previously, Ajay worked as the President & Board Member, Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to that, they served as the Global Vice President of Marketing at Chargebee and the Head of Strategic Marketing & Demand Marketing at Blend. Ajay has also held positions at Salesforce, Merkle, Dentsu Aegis Network, and founded and served as CEO of 1Platform.in. Their expertise lies in marketing strategy, demand generation, customer acquisition, and growth marketing.

Ajay Manglani holds an MBA (Honors) degree in Marketing & Strategy from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. They also completed a Venture Lab course in Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. Additionally, Ajay earned a Master of Business Administration (Honors) degree from the University of Chicago. They have obtained several certifications, including the Berkeley Executive Leadership Program from UC Berkeley Executive Education in October 2021, the Demandbase Solutions Certification from Demandbase in August 2019, the Account-Based Marketing Strategist certification from Demandbase in July 2019, and the Merkle Digital Professional certification from Merkle in January 2019.