Asa Baylus

Trailblazer
DISC Type : DI

Director of Engineering and Architecture at Woundtech

Ashburn, Virginia, United States

Overview

Asa Baylus is a Director of Engineering and Architecture with over 15 years of experience leading teams at WoundTech, OpenGov, and National Geographic. He specializes in scaling SaaS products and modernizing platforms, contributing to significant ARR growth. Colleagues describe him as creative, brilliant, and a true professional.

He is passionate about the intersection of AI and software development, believing its a revolutionary time to be an engineer. He has also developed his own developer tools, such as a visual log for Git, to improve engineering workflows and efficiency.

Unique fact: Asa was instrumental in creating the Smithsonians very first dynamic website, the "Virtual Smithsonian, " back in the late 1990s.

Personality Overview

Friendly But Fast

Values Relationships

Informal

They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.  They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation. A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them.

Topics They Care About

Engineering Leadership
He has extensive experience managing large, cross-functional engineering teams of over 60 people and scaling organizations through periods of hyper-growth.
SaaS Modernization
He has led multiple large-scale legacy system modernization projects, migrating platforms like National Geographic's and the American Chemical Society's websites to Adobe AEM.
AI in Development
He actively posts about the impact of AI on coding, believing it significantly accelerates development and makes it an exciting time to be an engineer.

Media Appearances

Asa has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2024
Director of Engineering and Architecture at Woundtech
5-2021 - 12-2023
Director Of Engineering at OpenGov Inc.
12-2016 - 5-2021
Director of Product Engineering at PowerSchool
7-2014 - 12-2016
Sr Manager Application Engineering at National Geographic
1-2008 - 7-2014
Manager / Front-End Web Architect at American Chemical Society

Education

Education details unavailable from George Mason University

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Exp : 17 Location : Ashburn, Virginia, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Engineering and Architecture at Woundtech
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Insights For Selling To Asa

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • Address your competition clearly and confidently

DONT's

  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Asa is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Asa

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Asa move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Asa take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Asa

Personality Compatibility


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