Allison Lee

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Vice President, Database Engineering and Founding Engineer at Snowflake

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Overview

Allison Lee is a Founding Engineer and the Vice President of Database Engineering at Snowflake, where she leads the team responsible for the core query processing stack. With a career spanning over two decades, including significant time at Oracle, she is an expert in query optimization and holds dozens of patents.

Outside of her technical leadership, Allison has a deep passion for scuba diving and ocean conservation. She spends most weekends doing technical dives to explore and document marine ecosystems, combining her love for the ocean with data collection for researchers to advance environmental preservation.

Her self-proclaimed title is "SQL Sorceress. "

Personality Overview

Story Driven

Amiable & Agreeable

Consensus Focused

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.  They are generally friendly, so be careful when relying on their word. They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.

Topics They Care About

Database Engineering
Leads the core database engineering team at Snowflake, focusing on query processing, metadata management, and building foundational components for the data cloud.
Query Optimization
A core focus throughout her career at both Snowflake and Oracle, with numerous patents in adaptive optimization techniques and secure data collaboration.
Ocean Conservation
An avid and advanced scuba diver, she actively participates in ocean research with the Bay Area diving community, documenting marine life and environmental changes.

Media Appearances

Diving into Ocean Conservation – Q&A with VP of Engineering Allison Lee. Featured in Snowflake Careers Blog

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Architecting the Snowflake Data Cloud by Allison Lee. Featured in YouTube

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Snowflake Live: My Journey in Tech. Featured in YouTube

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Work History

7-2013
Vice President, Database Engineering and Founding Engineer at Snowflake
7-2004 - 7-2013
Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Database Query Optimizer Group at Oracle
8-2002 - 7-2004
Member of Technical Staff, Applications Research Group at Oracle
Research Assistant, Software Design Group at MIT Lab for Computer Science

Education

1996 - 2002
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Insights For Selling To Allison

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Ask them how their day is going or exchange some other pleasantries
  • Maintain high, positive energy and convey confidence

DONT's

  • Don’t ask too many questions in one go, weave them into the flow
  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Allison is

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

  • They will hardly ever say a direct no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Allison move?

  • Even when they are constantly engaged, they do not reach decisions quickly.
  • Can Allison take some risk or not?

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

You And Allison

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