Pratik Desai

Head of Applied AI · Founder (Acquired by LE/TCS) · Agentforce PAB · Enterprise AI & GSI Partnerships

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I build things at the intersection of enterprise AI and real-world impact. I founded 1to1, a Salesforce implementation partner, scaled it, and sold it to ListEngage/TCS. Today I lead Applied AI at ListEngage, a TCS company, where I architect agentic AI systems, build enterprise GTM strategy, and help Fortune 500 companies actually adopt AI — not just talk about it. I'm a founding member of the Salesforce Agentforce Partner Advisory Board, a Techstars mentor, and the architect behind the MC MCP Server — an open agentic infrastructure layer for Salesforce Marketing Cloud. I write and podcast about AI. I mentor founders. I co-authored a children's book with my daughter. I'm a pilot in training. I believe the most interesting problems sit at the edge of what's technically possible and what people actually need. That's where I work.

Experience

  • Head of Applied AI (Acquired by TCS) at ListEngage
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • AI Partner Advisory Board, Founding Member at Salesforce
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Mentor, Accelerators at Techstars
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Advisor at Humans of Martech
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • CEO & Founder (Acquired by ListEngage/TCS) at 1to1
    Oct 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos