Ashish Desai Ashish Desai

Engineering Leader. Real Estate Mogul

Building at the intersection of technology, leadership, and real estate investments.

I’m Ashish Desai (aka Mr. Doomsbuster) — driven by innovation in AI and real estate ventures that shape the future.

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About

Builder. Mentor. Visionary.

My passion for computing started early and never stopped. From C and assembly to modern cloud and AI, I’ve always been driven to understand systems deeply and help others move faster with better tools.

In real estate, I bring the same systems-thinking and optimization mindset—combining data, design, and vision to create assets that scale in value and impact.

Personally, I’m a fountain‑pen nerd and a speed enthusiast; professionally, I’m relentless about craft, clarity, and outcomes.

Experience

  1. Head of Engineering — Data Management Experience, Super Intelligence Labs

    Meta

    AI Infrastructure • Data Platforms
    • Leading engineering at Meta’s SuperIntelligence Labs, developing state-of-the-art data tools that deliver internet-scale datasets to AI models powering the mission of superintelligence.

  2. Head of Engineering — SageMaker Neo, AWS AI

    Amazon Web Services

    Leadership • ML/AI Platforms
    • Headed engineering for AWS SageMaker Neo, delivering up to 25x faster ML model performance.
    • Built SOTA optimizers for deep learning and Generative AI on Inferentia and Trainium.
    • Launched in 23 regions (including Top Secret GovCloud), contributing to AWS winning the multi-billion-dollar JWCC DoD contract.

  3. Senior Director, Head of Engineering — Chase Developer Platform

    JPMorgan Chase

    Developer Productivity • Tooling
    • Technology partner for the Chase Developer Platform
    • Recognized as an Expert Engineer; Knowledge Sharing award recipient.

  4. Senior Director, Head of Engineering — Machine Learning & Data Platforms

    JPMorgan Chase

    AI Platforms • Data
    • Led enterprise ML/data platforms addressing large‑scale AI and Data Pipeline Infrastructure.

  5. Software Engineer → Senior Engineer

    Cognizant Technology Solutions

    Web • Frontend • Systems
    • Delivered turnkey web projects; early hands‑on work with AJAX/Dojo and performance tuning.
    • Grew breadth across frontend engineering, tooling, and workflow optimization.

Skills

What I get done and how I work.

Drive to getting things done Extremely quick learner Problem solver Storyteller Creative design Building world‑class, highly resilient teams Strategy Delivering time‑critical & tight‑deadline projects Never‑say‑die attitude Training Mentorship Collaboration & team management Leadership

Publications & Memberships

Expertise

A sampling of languages, tools, and domains I use.

Frontend

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, SVG

Frameworks: React, Angular, GSAP

Cloud & Infra

AI Infrastructure, Big Data, Models

Linux, PyTorch

Languages

Java, Python, Node.js

Systems thinking, Infrastructure

Projects & Initiatives

Bageera — my “Jarvis”

Personal assistant experiments spanning automation, hardware tinkering, and ML‑powered workflows.

Mentorship

I mentor engineers early in career and advocate for bringing more women into technology.

Blog

Short essays on engineering leadership, platforms, and productivity.

Contact

For mentorship or speaking, please email with details on background and goals.

hello[at]ashishdesai[dot]com LinkedIn