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Ashot M.

Critic · DISC type C
Director, Technical Program Management at Cerebras Systems
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Ashot is the Director of Technical Program Management at Cerebras Systems, leading teams working on high-speed AI inference. He has a deep background in creating and managing AI/ML products in both large corporations like Meta and SanDisk, and in startups. He holds a Ph. D. from Yale University and has numerous patents in memory technology.

Outside of his corporate roles, Ashot co-founded an AI medical device startup focused on home monitoring for cardiac patients, showing a passion for health tech innovation. He also appears to have an interest in high-end espresso, following the Italian machine manufacturer La Pavoni.

Unique fact: A program he created and managed at Meta was responsible for enabling 2% of the companys $118 billion revenue in 2021.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Director, Technical Program Management
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Ashot shows up

Negotiator
ROI Driven
Information Seeker

They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.

Priorities

Topics Ashot cares about

AI/ML Infrastructure
He leads teams at Cerebras focused on the "fastest inference in the world" and previously built the first ML team at SanDisk.
Generative AI Products
At Meta, he was directly involved in launching GenAI features that utilized both large language models (LLMs) and image generation models.
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Career

Work history

2024
Director, Technical Program Management
Cerebras Systems
2020 - 2024
Product Technical Program Manager
Meta
2017 - 2020
Head of Product, Co-Founder
Stealth Mode Startup
2012 - 2017
R&D Engineering Director
SanDisk®
2009 - 2012
Sr. Principal Flash Technologist
STEC, Inc.
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Education
Ph.D.
Yale University
Engineering Leadership Professional Program
University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Honors
Yerevan State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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