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Shiva Nagabushanaswamy

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Head of Engineering & Data Science (Ventura TV Operating System) at The Trade Desk
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Shiva is a technology leader with over 22 years of experience at companies like Microsoft, Netflix, Uber, and now The Trade Desk, where he leads Engineering & Data Science for the Ventura TV Operating System. He specializes in building large-scale distributed systems, AI, personalization, and search, holding a masters degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

He is an active advisor for various startups, lending his expertise in consumer experience and AI. Shivas professional interests include the future of streaming, advertising technology, and leveraging data to enhance user discovery of content. Colleagues describe him as extremely knowledgeable, helpful, and eager to provide insight.

He is passionate about revolutionizing the Smart TV OS space to help users spend less time searching and more time watching.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering & Data Science (Ventura TV Operating System)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Streaming TV OS
Currently leads the engineering and data science teams for Ventura, The Trade Desk's new streaming TV operating system, and is actively hiring for it.
AI-Driven Personalization
His career at Netflix, Microsoft, and Uber focused on building high-scale personalization, recommendation, and search systems impacting millions of users.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Head of Engineering & Data Science (Ventura TV Operating System)
The Trade Desk
1-2024
Advisor
Boon
4-2018
Startup Advisor
Various Startups
6-2022 - 6-2024
VP of Engineering & Data Science
Zūm
3-2021 - 7-2022
Head of Engineering - Ads
Uber
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Education
MS
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Bachelor of Engineering
PESCE
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