Ankush Dham is a scaling specialist and CEO of Dataknox Solutions and Ax3.Ai. He is a proven growth engine with experience taking companies from idea-stage to $100M+ in profitable revenue. His playbook covers the full P&L, from go-to-market execution to securing strategic partnerships in enterprise tech and AI infrastructure.
Ankush Dham is a prominent and highly accomplished executive, entrepreneur, and scaling specialist in the global enterprise technology sector. His career is marked by his ability to found and lead companies through significant revenue growth and market expansion, particularly within IT infrastructure and the burgeoning AI industry.
Chief Executive Officer, Dataknox Solutions, Inc.
Since August 2020, Dham has served as CEO, guiding Dataknox to achieve 400% growth and become a global leader in IT infrastructure solutions. The company now operates in over 30 countries and is supported by over 250 field technicians.
- Core Strategy Dataknox employs a full-lifecycle approach to IT infrastructure, which provides clarity, control, and continuity from deployment to disposition.
- Key Services The company's platform empowers enterprises and AI-driven organizations to manage complex asset lifecycles through IT procurement, hardware support, secure data destruction, data center decommissioning, logistics, and equipment buyback.
- Scale of Operations Since its founding, Dataknox has deployed over $1 billion in data center and corporate IT infrastructure, and it now supports more than 100,000 servers in the field.
Executive Expertise and Track Record
Ankush Dham's professional history underscores his role as a driven, solution-oriented executive with an undeniable track record of generating immense enterprise value. He has decades of hands-on experience in growing companies from the idea stage through to over $100 million in profitable revenues and successful exit. This deep-seated expertise in critical operational aspects of business has consistently resulted in the creation of hundreds of millions of dollars in direct revenue.
His operational capabilities are remarkably comprehensive, covering every facet of a business. He possesses significant cross-departmental experience, including full P&L responsibility, corporate strategy definition, go-to-market execution, business development, product management, customer success, marketing, and finance. A particular strength lies in his ability to develop and implement effective go-to-market strategies, successfully accelerating market penetration, activating customer acquisition channels, and securing strategic partnerships.
Prior to co-founding his current ventures, Dataknox and Ax3.Ai, Dham held key leadership roles that solidified his expertise in high-growth technology and financial services. These positions include serving as Senior Director of Cloud Solutions at Flex, Vice President of Business Development at Virtual Power Systems, and Vice President of Software/SaaS Sales at ISGN Corporation.
