Jitender Aswani

Pioneer
DISC Type : DSI

Senior Vice President of Engineering & Security at Starburst

Saratoga, California, United States

Overview

Jitender Aswani is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Starburst, leading the global engineering organization. With over 20 years of experience at firms like Netflix, Meta, and Moveworks, he specializes in scaling high-performance teams and building data platforms for AI. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Colleagues and reports describe him as enthusiastic, analytical, and an excellent team player, with a talent for bringing energy to his teams and pushing them to aim higher.

He holds multiple patents in machine learning, data management, and graph optimization.

Personality Overview

Driven But Considerate

Dynamic But Sincere

Friendly But Fast

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product  They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed

Topics They Care About

Enterprise AI Platforms
His current role at Starburst is focused on advancing their data platform for AI applications. He frequently speaks and posts about accelerating AI from development to deployment.
Scaling Global Teams
A core theme of his career is building and scaling global engineering and data science organizations from startup to enterprise, fostering a high-performance, outcome-driven culture.
Data Infrastructure
Has deep expertise in building distributed, cloud-native data platforms for real-time analytics at petabyte scale, and was an early user of Trino (Presto) at Meta.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2025
Senior Vice President of Engineering & Security at Starburst
1-2023 - 3-2025
VP, Global Head of Engineering and CISO at StarTree
1-2020 - 12-2022
Sr. Director, Head Of Engineering & Data Science, Insights Products at Moveworks
1-2018 - 1-2020
Sr. Engineering Manager, Head of Data Science and Engineering, Security, Privacy, and Cloud Infra at Netflix
1-2015 - 12-2017
Engineering Manager, Head of Data, Core Growth at Facebook

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

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Insights For Selling To Jitender

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jitender is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jitender

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jitender move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Jitender take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Jitender

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