Abhijit Verekar

Abhijit ("AV") founded Avèro to fix what traditional consulting gets structurally wrong. The quiet financial ties between advisors and the vendors they're meant to be evaluating. Before Avèro, he spent the better part of a decade inside large government technology advisory firms, long enough to know why the model breaks and where it can be fixed.

He has led ERP, data, and AI modernization engagements for counties, cities, utilities, airports, and special districts across the country. He is the author of Start at Zero (2026), the playbook Avèro's methodology is built on, and host of Start at Zero with AV on YouTube. He writes the Untangled newsletter for public-sector technology leaders and publishes the annual Start at Zero AI Navigator tool assessment.

AV is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Avèro is headquartered at Riverview Tower. Avèro is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (Tennessee MBE #10311804) and a six-time Inc. 5000 honoree.