Akash Saxena
CTO@JioHotStar | CTPO@JioCinema | CTO Excellence Award 2024 | ex-CTO Hotstar[Asia|MENA|SEA] | ex-OpenTable
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It's all about the team. The excitement of building high performing Agile teams gets me going every day. I live and breathe startups, in scale and in spirit. Bulk of my career was growing at OpenTable for ~12 years, we took the company public and through an acquisition. I like to build for the long term, shorter adventures have been a side effect of working at startups. Currently brewing fresh storms! Love working with people & believe strongly in the "Excellence Reflex" (Setting the Table, Danny Meyer) Huge Dhoni and Star Wars fan!
Career Timeline
- JioStarCurrentNov 2024–Present· 1 yr 10 mos
- Chief Technology Officer, JioStarCurrentNov 2024–Present
- Nov 2024–May 2025· 6 mos
- Chief Technology OfficerNov 2024–May 2025
- May 2023–Nov 2024· 1 yr 6 mos
- Chief Technical & Product Officer (CTPO)May 2023–Nov 2024
- Apr 2017–Nov 2022· 5 yrs 7 mos
- Executive Vice President, CTONov 2021–Nov 2022
- Head of Technology, SVP EngineeringJul 2018–Nov 2021
- Head Of Technology, VP EngineeringApr 2017–Jun 2018
- Aug 2016–Apr 2017· 8 mos
- Head of Technology, Senior Vice President Of EngineeringAug 2016–Apr 2017
- Dec 2015–Jun 2016· 6 mos
- Head of Technology, VP EngineeringDec 2015–Jun 2016
- Apr 2009–Dec 2012· 3 yrs 8 mos
- Co-FounderApr 2009–Dec 2012
- Aug 2004–Nov 2015· 11 yrs 3 mos
- Director, EngineeringAug 2004–Nov 2015
- 2004–Jul 2004· 6 mos
- Senior Software Engineer2004–Jul 2004
- Aug 2000–Dec 2003· 3 yrs 4 mos
- Senior Software EngineerAug 2000–Dec 2003
- Aug 1998–2000· 1 yr 5 mos
- Software EngineerAug 1998–2000
Education
MS
Computer Science
Arizona State University
BS
Computer Science
COEP Technological UniversityBS
Computer Science
Govt. College of Engineering, PuneDiploma
Computer Science
Bharati Vidyapeeths Jawahar Lal Nehru Inst. Of Technology
Diploma
Computer Science
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Jawaharlal Nehru Institute Of TechnologyBasic Schooling
Initial Schooling
St. Vincents High School
Basic Schooling
Initial Schooling
St. Vincent's High School