Ajit joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in August 2003. His areas of investment include enterprise software and services, material science pertinent to energy, environment and life sciences.

Before joining KPCB, Ajit was with SAP for 5 years. He started working for SAP in 1998 as Assistant to the CEO, Chairman and cofounder, Dr. Hasso Plattner. Ajit played a key role in formulating and executing SAP's internet strategy (mySAP.com). In 1999, he helped SAP partner with several US based technology companies, including TopTier (which was later acquired by SAP), Tibco, CommerceOne, and others.

He co-founded SAPMarkets, a fully owned company of SAP, focused on Marketplace applications and technology. As Vice President and later MD of SAPMarkets Americas, Ajit grew the business from 0 to $100 million in six quarters. After SAPMarkets was reintegrated into SAP in May 2002, he laid the foundation for SAP Inspire - SAP's New Venture Unit. SAP Inspire is responsible for creating new businesses within SAP. SAP Inspire initiated ten venture projects within a year from inception. Prior to SAP, Ajit worked for six years in the medical device industry.

From 1991 till 1995 Ajit worked at Zimmer, Inc., a division of Bristol Myers and Squibb. As a development engineer he oversaw the introduction of 3 new product lines in 2 years. At Mathys AG (Synthes) in Switzerland, Ajit was Group Manager for Business Development and Product Management from 1995 to 1997.

Ajit has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering Poona, India. He holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech, a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Technical University of Hanover, Germany, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Ajit holds seven U.S. and four European patents and has published/presented over 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

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