Ashish Desai Ashish Desai

Engineering Leader. Real Estate Mogul

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

Own assets. Own Time. Own Life.

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About

Builder. Mentor. Enterpreneur.

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.

Wealth is not a number; it is the degree of control one has over their time. I do not chase opportunities; I build structures that attract them. True power is found in the silence between decisions—the ability to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the inevitable. I do not work for the sake of activity; I own for the sake of freedom. I do not trade time for money; I deploy capital and intelligence to create sovereign systems.

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

Experience

  1. Real Estate Mogul

    Zootar Real Estate

    Real Estate • Wholesaling
    • Running a real estate empire through strategic investments and market insights.

  2. Head of Engineering — Data Management Platform, 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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 for getting things done Extremely quick learner Problem solver Storyteller Creative design Building world‑class, highly resilient teams Strategy Delivering time‑critical & tight‑deadline projects Giving up is for losers Training Mentorship Collaboration & team management Leadership

Publications & Memberships

Education / Certs / Awards

Electrical Engg IITB DEP Expert Engineer Knowledge Sharing Award SCJP Apache Flex

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