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ABOUT
We believe that the only way organizations truly succeed is when their teams are both healthy and high‑performing. Strategy, technology, and operations matter—but without trust, clarity, and honest communication, they never reach their full potential.
At Ajito, we start with the humans and the culture, then layer in the right leadership and technology. We’ve led and grown companies through rapid growth, M&A, and operational rescue. That experience taught us a simple pattern: when you build healthy teams, minimize politics and confusion, and give people clear goals and support, everything else gets easier—shipping product, adopting AI, hitting revenue targets.
Today, we place fractional executives and forward development engineers, assemble elastic development teams, and design AI workflows and agents. Underneath all of that is the same belief we’ve always had: work should feel meaningful, teams should be honest and healthy, and companies should be fun places to build something that matters.
Here are the People Behind Ajito
JESSE DAVIS
Co-Founder and Chief Problem Solver
Jesse has been building enterprise software and engineering teams for 25 years, and is a respected executive, author, speaker, and coach. He developed the first data access for Java, and served as an expert and innovator on industry data standards during the birth of Big Data, Machine Learning, and AI. As a member of the Office of the CTO at Progress, Jesse led the global Patent assessment team and M&A activities for the DataDirect Division.
After leading a global engineering team (150+) as VP of R&D at Progress, Jesse “crossed the divide” onto the business side by serving as Chief Operating Officer at Devada; leading the company to triple its revenue and double its enterprise value followed by a successful exit to private equity in 2017.
A highly engaging speaker and coach, Jesse speaks at several conferences each year and loves training teams and individuals to grow and achieve their full potential. Jesse is currently serving on the board for DeveloperWeek Global Conferences on the Innvoation Committee.
CHRIS FULLAM
Co-Founder and Chief Helper
For 25+ years, Chris has been an award winning engineering, operations and PMO leader at blue chip technology firms such as Google (Citizenship Award) and Verizon (Telecom Leadership Award, Verizon Excellence Award). He has significant experience successfully building and leading large PMO’s ($2B+, & 100k+ projects/ year), and large portfolio’s ($1.6B / year).
Chris is passionate about building great Agile teams by being of service to others and creating a winning culture. His accomplishments include successfully building and leading the SE USA Google Fiber deployment in 4 markets, building and leading the Verizon national PMO, and leading three successful Agile software development transformations. Sought after featured speaker with over 10 engagements including PMI and Business Analyst yearly conventions.
At the end of the day, Chris is most passionate about helping individuals grow and find their passion and best outcomes.
MIKE JOHNSON
Partner and Chief Builder
For over 30 years, Mike has been leading global engineering organizations and building high-performing software teams that deliver results. A seasoned technology executive, mentor, and strategist, Mike has helped companies of all sizes—from high-growth startups to large enterprises—achieve breakthrough success through strong leadership, innovation, and a relentless focus on excellence.
At Ajito, Mike partners with ambitious companies to accelerate growth through hands-on technical leadership, organizational transformation, and product strategy. His clients span industries such as fintech, data services, and real estate tech, where he’s driven market re-entry, guided engineering turnarounds, and implemented modern Agile, DevOps and Security practices that enable teams to scale efficiently.
Before Ajito, Mike served as Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering at Panzura, where he led a 100-person global engineering team, delivered a machine learning–based ransomware detection platform, and guided the company’s strategic shift from storage to data services—driving 400% ARR growth in just two years. Prior to that, as Chief of Staff and Vice President of Product Engineering at Verint, Mike played a key leadership role within a 1,000-person global organization, directly managing a 150-person team responsible for DevOps, PMO, Agile transformation, and global engineering operations that tripled release velocity while reducing costs by 30%.
Mike’s leadership philosophy is grounded in empowerment, context, and accountability. He believes that high-performing teams are built through trust, clear vision, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
A graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer Science and a participant in the Duke Leadership Program at the Fuqua School of Business, Mike blends deep technical expertise with executive-level insight. He’s passionate about helping organizations unlock their full potential—one great team at a time.