Ajay Gupta is the founder and CEO of Stirista, which began in 2009 as a two-person operation in a small apartment in San Francisco, and today has evolved into an award-winning, data-driven, full-service marketing and solutions provider, based in San Antonio, Tex., with over 50 employees across three continents. Ajay advises brands to strategically blend first- and third-party data to power its campaigns across digital, email, and social. To date, Stirista has helped over a dozen Fortune 500 companies, over 50 agencies, and hundreds of small businesses with personalized, targeted solutions in response to their most complex marketing challenges. An influential thought leader, Ajay has been featured in the media, including radio and podcasts. His articles have been in leading industry publications, and he's a member of two prestigious, invitation-only organizations consisting of CEOs and other top executives. Ajay has also judged several industry awards and was recently accepted into the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).