Akila S.

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Technical Steering Committee Co-Chair at Coalition for Secure AI

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

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Personality Overview

Non-Confrontational

Amiable & Agreeable

Story Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.  They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals. They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.


Topics They Care About

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Media Appearances

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Work History

8-2024
Technical Steering Committee Co-Chair at Coalition for Secure AI
10-2023
Member of Technical Staff (Manager) at Anthropic
5-2022 - 10-2023
Head of Security, Trust and Privacy Engineering at Notion
6-2020 - 5-2022
Senior Engineering Manager at Lyft
12-2017 - 6-2020
Engineering Manager at Apple

Education

Electrical from Georgia Institute of Technology

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Exp : 9 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : Middle Designation : Technical Steering Committee Co-Chair at Coalition for Secure AI
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Insights For Selling To Akila

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Ask them how their day is going or exchange some other pleasantries
  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience

DONT's

  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time
  • Don’t ask too many questions in one go, weave them into the flow

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Akila is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Akila

  • They are unlikely to say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Akila move?

  • They are not very fast decision makers, even while they continue to stay engaged.
  • Can Akila take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Akila

Personality Compatibility


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