As executive vice president for CA’s Products and Technology Group, Ajei has overall responsibility for the business units that deliver CA’s world-class IT products and solutions. He also oversees the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, which is responsible for technological innovations that shape the company’s product portfolio. Ajei is a member of CA’s Executive Leadership Team, which defines and ensures execution of the company's business and technical strategies.
Before joining CA in August of 2006, Ajei was executive vice president and chief technology officer for Symantec Corporation. Earlier at Symantec, he managed business development, and mergers & acquisitions.
Prior to Symantec, Ajei served as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of ReefEdge Networks, Inc., a wireless LAN systems company that he co-founded. Before that, Ajei spent several years at IBM, initially at IBM Research, and most recently as chief technology officer of IBM’s Pervasive Computing Division. Ajei began his career as a member of the technical staff in the Applied Research Division at Bell Communications Research.
Ajei is the author of more than twenty issued U.S. patents and numerous publications. He received a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and a doctorate degree in computer science from Cornell University.