Caren Thomas

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Founding Engineer at Letta

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Caren Thomas is a Founding Engineer at Letta and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. Previously at Meta, she led significant projects, including launching Meta AI on Instagram and scaling broadcast chats to a million users. People who have worked with her describe her as an independent and quick learner.

Personality Overview

Enthusiastic

Full Of Energy

Believer

They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Topics They Care About

AI Product Integration
Her experience includes building and launching Meta AI on Instagram, showcasing her ability to integrate artificial intelligence into major consumer products.
Infrastructure Scalability
She has direct experience scaling products to millions of users, such as when she scaled Instagram's broadcast chats.
Privacy & Compliance
At Meta, she led a company-wide initiative to future-proof regulatory compliance in all products and remediated features for EU regulations.

Media Appearances

Caren has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2024
Founding Engineer at Letta
1-2022 - 12-2024
Staff Software Engineer at Meta
1-2021 - 1-2022
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
8-2017 - 1-2021
Software Engineer at Meta
8-2016 - 12-2016
Software Engineering Intern at Uber

Education

2013 - 2017
Bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley

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Insights For Selling To Caren

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Caren is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Caren move?

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

  • They may take certain risks that they deem unlikely of personal repercussions.

You And Caren

Personality Compatibility


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