Allen Kleiner

Energizer
DISC Type : I

AI Engineering Lead at Retool

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Allen is a pragmatic AI Engineering Lead at Retool, specializing in product and growth engineering. He has a proven history of launching products and building teams at companies like Tome, Pave, and Segment. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Based on his background, he may have an interest in lacrosse, having played during his time at Landon School. He also shares his expertise on technology podcasts, discussing topics like developer experience and engineering leadership.

As an intern at State Farm, he won a company-wide pitch competition by presenting a sustainability idea to vice presidents.

Personality Overview

Believer

Enthusiastic

Relationship Oriented

They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.  They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions. They are naturally enthusiastic, so take their promise with a pinch of salt.

Topics They Care About

AI Product Strategy
Currently leading AI Engineering at Retool, where he successfully brought the company's core AppGen product from an initial concept to a market-ready solution.
Growth Engineering
Has consistently focused on growth, including founding and building the Self-Service CX team from scratch at Segment and leading growth engineering at Tome.
Developer Experience
He has spoken on podcasts about the importance of a "production-first mindset" and creating a strong developer experience to empower engineers.

Media Appearances

Allen has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
AI Engineering Lead at Retool
4-2024 - 2-2025
Head of Growth & Core Product Engineering at Tome
9-2022 - 4-2024
Engineering Manager at Pave
4-2021 - 1-2022
Engineering Manager, Self-Service Growth at Segment
8-2020 - 4-2021
Staff Software Engineer, Design Systems at Segment

Education

2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2009 - 2013
High School Diploma from Landon School

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Insights For Selling To Allen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers
  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Allen is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Allen

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Allen move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Allen take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Allen

Personality Compatibility


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