Joey Zwicker

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Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Baseten

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Joey Zwicker is the Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Baseten, leading customer-facing engineers. An ex-founder whose company was acquired by HPE, he has extensive experience as a GM and VP in AI solutions and product strategy. He holds engineering degrees from Cornell and Stanford.

He co-founded the machine learning data company Pachyderm, which was later acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he became a VP and General Manager.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Assertive

Curious

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

AI Inference
He believes AI inference is the primary bottleneck in modern computing and one of its hardest technical problems as AI adoption and model customization accelerates.
Scaling ML Workflows
He speaks publicly about the key challenges and pitfalls organizations should consider ahead of time to successfully scale their machine learning initiatives.
Forward Deployed Engineering
Leads a core engineering team at Baseten focused on this hybrid model of delivering AI outcomes, solving deep technical problems, and driving product roadmaps.

Media Appearances

Joey Zwicker joins Baseten as Head of FDE. Featured in Baseten Blog

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Work History

7-2025
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering at Baseten
11-2024 - 7-2025
General Manager & VP of AI Solutions & AI Private Cloud at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
4-2024 - 7-2025
General Manager & VP of AI Solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
8-2023 - 4-2024
VP of GTM, AI Solutions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1-2023 - 7-2023
VP of AI Product Portfolio and Strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Education

2011 - 2011
Master's Degree from Stanford University, College of Engineering
2007 - 2010
Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, College of Engineering

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Insights For Selling To Joey

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Joey is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Joey

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Joey move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can Joey take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Joey

Personality Compatibility


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