# Kusal de Silva

> Kusal de Silva is the CEO of AptEdge, an AI-native company focused on solving the hard last mile of enterprise B2B technical support — complex tickets, scattered knowledge, and the engineers who untangle both. A Cornell-trained, Oxford-polished operator with two decades inside enterprise sales orgs at Citigroup and Meltwater, he took the AptEdge helm in 2025 with a sharp position: don't be the fastest answer, be the right one.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at AptEdge
- **Organizations:** AptEdge, Meltwater (former), Citigroup (former), First Solutions Technology (co-founder, former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Applied Economics & Management (concentrations in Corporate Strategy, Finance, Marketing), Cornell University, Executive program, University of Oxford — Saïd Business School
- **Known for:** Took the CEO role at AptEdge in 2025, succeeding the founding team in operating leadership., Scaled enterprise sales at Meltwater across 13 years, leading the Americas region., Helped raise AptEdge into a Seed/Series with $12.9M in total reported funding.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Graduated Cornell with a B.S. in Applied Economics & Management.
- **2008-2021** — Joined Meltwater; rose through enterprise sales to Senior Area Director, Enterprise Americas.
- **2017-2018** — Executive studies at Oxford Saïd Business School.
- **2025** — Became Chief Executive Officer of AptEdge.

## Achievements

- Took the CEO role at AptEdge in 2025, succeeding the founding team in operating leadership.
- Scaled enterprise sales at Meltwater across 13 years, leading the Americas region.
- Helped raise AptEdge into a Seed/Series with $12.9M in total reported funding.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Announced his move to AptEdge as CEO on LinkedIn.
- **2025** — Appeared on the TSIA TECHtonic podcast discussing 'the AI last mile' for enterprise support.

## Links

- Website: https://aptedge.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kusaldesilva/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kusaldesilva

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Last updated: 2026-06-30