Anita Gupta

Business Development, Sales Funnel Optimization and Client Services

Anita is a Northern Virginia-based entrepreneur. She was a co-founder of Aptara in Fairfax County in 1988 and then co-founded KiwiTech in 2009. At Aptara, Anita was responsible for leading the sales and marketing team. The company quickly grew from the original three founders to well over five thousand employees. Aptara was named to the INC 500 list year after year, and eventually became the largest publishing services company in the world. The company had a successful exit through a sale in 2012 and is now based in Falls Church, VA. At KiwiTech, the founders have created a unique ecosystem for entrepreneurs. Anita drove strategic sales with partnerships across the US. Anita’s passion for the entrepreneurial dream led to various speaking opportunities, including the Society of Physician Entrepreneur’s National Capital Meeting in April 2017, FICCI’s Big Data and Analytics Conclave in New Delhi in Aug 2018, and at KiwiTech’s Female Founder Demo Days. She has been featured in the Marietta College’s alumni magazine, Trailblazer (Dec 2016). A native of Marietta, Ohio, Anita has a Bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in computer science from Marietta College. Her interest in public and private governance led her to a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard University (MPP