Abhishek Joshi

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DISC Type : ci

Director of Engineering at Cerebras Systems

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Abhishek is an engineering leader at Cerebras, specializing in LLM training and inference. His career at AMD and Xilinx focused on leading global teams in AI/ML compiler optimizations. Colleagues describe him as a hard worker, effective organizer, and smart communicator. He holds a Masters from the University of Maryland.

He holds a patent for a novel method of routing for data processing engine arrays, showcasing his deep technical expertise in hardware-aware software design.

Personality Overview

Curious

Value Driven

Example Seeker

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Topics They Care About

LLM Optimization
His current role at Cerebras is focused on optimizing the software stack for efficient execution of advanced AI LLM workloads on the Wafer-Scale Engine.
AI Compiler Design
He has a long history of leading teams that develop and optimize AI/ML compilers, including MLIR-based toolchains, at Cerebras, AMD, and Xilinx.
Sovereign AI
He recently highlighted the "Cerebras for Nations" program, a critical initiative to help governments accelerate their sovereign AI capabilities.

Media Appearances

Abhishek has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2025
Director of Engineering at Cerebras Systems
2-2022 - 1-2025
Director of Software Engineering at AMD
12-2021 - 2-2022
Director of Software Engineering at Xilinx
11-2018 - 11-2021
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Xilinx
2-2018 - 11-2018
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Xilinx

Education

2009 - 2011
MS from University of Maryland
2003 - 2007
B. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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Insights For Selling To Abhishek

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Abhishek is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Abhishek

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Abhishek move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Abhishek take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Abhishek

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