Jay Ruparel is a serial entrepreneur with experience in building and scaling technology products and tech-enabled enterprises. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of VoicePlug, an AI product company that helps companies build Voice-AI interfaces for voice commerce transactions. He is also the Co-Founder and Director of Azure Knowledge Corporation, a global provider of Market Research, Insights & Digital Transformation services. Jay has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2018. In 2019 as well as 2018, Azure under Jay’s leadership Azure was ranked among the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America by Inc. Magazine. For both the years, Azure was also ranked in the Top 100 on the Deloitte Fast 500 companies of America list.

Jay worked with Infosys in Bangalore and Bell Labs in Boston before starting his entrepreneurial journey in 2003. He earned his Post Graduate Management degree from IIM Bangalore in 2001.

Jay is currently a Board member and Finance Chair of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) SF Bay. He runs entrepreneurial programs and teaches entrepreneurship-related courses at various institutes like California Science and Technological University, North Eastern University, TiE, EDI, and others.