About
Avinash Shahdadpuri is a co-founder of Nexla, where his listed role appears as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Technology Officer. He has over 20 years of experience building engineering teams and scalable systems across industries including digital advertising, financial services, and healthcare, and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. He co-authored the first version of the Open RTB Native Advertising specification, a standard for transacting native ads in the programmatic ecosystem.
Founder at Nexla
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Co-founders at Nexla
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Saket SaurabhFounder
Experience
- NexlaCo-Founder & CROcurrent2025 — present
- NexlaCo-Founder & CTO2016 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- the Rubicon ProjectSenior Director, Engineering2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Mobsmith (Acquired by the Rubicon Project)Architect2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- SapientManager, Technology2007 — 2011
- PatniSr Software Engineer , Project Lead2003 — 2007
Skills & more
Hadoop4Spring8Hibernate5Java6JSP2Weblogic2Struts1REST2Enterprise Software4JMS1Servlets1JavaScript1
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XMLSpring FrameworkBig DataAmazon EC2Mobile AdvertisingSOAAgile MethodologiesJava Enterprise EditionRTBWeb ServicesEnterprise ArchitectureDesign Patterns- Six Sigma Black Bert Certified
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Avinash Shahdadpuri?
- Avinash Shahdadpuri is a co-founder of Nexla, where his listed role appears as both Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Technology Officer. He has over 20 years of experience building engineering teams and scalable systems across industries including digital advertising, financial services, and healthcare, and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. He co-authored the first version of the Open RTB Native Advertising specification, a standard for transacting native ads in the programmatic ecosystem.
- Where does Avinash Shahdadpuri work?
- Avinash Shahdadpuri is Founder of Nexla.
- What companies did Avinash Shahdadpuri found?
- Avinash Shahdadpuri founded Nexla.
- Where did Avinash Shahdadpuri go to school?
- Avinash Shahdadpuri studied at University of Mumbai (BE, Information Technology); Harvard University.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nexla5
Also worked at the Rubicon Project8
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