Mahsa Dornajafi is the CFO and VP of Operations at pgEdge, where she oversees the company’s financial architecture, leads people operations, manages investor relations, and handles contracts. Prior to joining pgEdge, Mahsa served as the VP of Finance & Operations at Zephyr AI, where she was responsible for establishing the company’s strategy, finance, and operations functions.
Ms. Dornajafi has held multiple leadership positions in finance and operations, playing a crucial role in building various companies’ infrastructure for growth. Before her tenure at Zephyr, she was the VP of Finance & Operations at IonQ Inc. (NYSE: IONQ), where she was part of the executive team that successfully took the company public. At IonQ, Ms. Dornajafi was instrumental in a successful IPO. In 2019, Mahsa was recognized as a Technology CFO Rising Star Honoree of 2020 by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and was named Tech CFO Star multiple years in a row.
While in graduate school, Ms. Dornajafi co-founded FlexEl, a thin-film battery design company. She progressed from a founding engineering position to President of the company, co-authoring one patent and numerous publications on thin-film battery and transistor design.
Ms. Dornajafi holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Virginia Tech, where she received multiple scholarships and honors.