Ajey Bhir

Ajey is a finance and business operations executive with a passion for driving sustainable growth in early to mid-stage tech startups. Before joining Upwave, Ajey was Director of Finance & Business Operations at Entelo and Finance & Strategy Manager at Stitcher. Earlier in his career, he worked in M&A investment banking at Citigroup and strategy consulting at Deloitte Consulting.

Ajey specializes in financial modeling, mergers & acquisitions, and financial analysis. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Delaware. Ajey’s favorite brand as a child was Air Jordan. Growing up in the 1990s, the Air Jordan brand was ubiquitous in pop culture and epitomized "90s cool." Ajey was a big fan of both Michael Jordan and basketball growing up and can vividly remember the thrill of getting a new pair of Air Jordan sneakers on his eleventh birthday.