Dave Pierce

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Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Weedmaps

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Dave is a proven technology executive with three decades of experience in infrastructure and site reliability. He specializes in building and mentoring strong engineering teams, having successfully guided over 60 startups from their initial stages to major acquisitions. Colleagues describe him as a diligent, true leader with great communication skills.

He has assisted over 60 startups through their entire life cycle, from founding to acquisition.

Personality Overview

Generous

Confident & Optimistic

Achievment Oriented

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.  They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Startup Scalability
Has a long history of helping startups scale, from small coffee shop teams to major acquisitions, and recently expressed excitement about rejoining a scaleup.
Site Reliability Engineering
His career focus is on SRE, including his current role building the SRE function at BuildOps and previous Director of SRE positions.
Infrastructure Modernization
Demonstrated a hands-on interest in replacing legacy systems with modern tools like Terraform and Kubernetes in a previous role at Womply.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2022
Director of Site Reliability Engineering at Weedmaps
10-2019 - 12-2021
Senior Director of Engineering, Infrastructure at HOVER Inc.
1-2018 - 9-2019
Director of Infrastructure and Security at Womply
3-2003 - 11-2017
VP Engineering and Co-Founder at Stand Sure Systems
10-2000 - 8-2002
Director Of Service Operations at Omnisky Corp.

Education

Dave has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Dave

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Acknowledge their status and position during the conversation
  • Look like someone who is on top of their game

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Dave is

  • Belief in the value of the product, relationship and a sense of accomplishment matter the most.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Dave

  • They are not shy of saying no if they do not develop trust in your product.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Dave move?

  • They can take fast decisions if they develop conviction in the product and find you trustworthy.
  • Can Dave take some risk or not?

  • They have the capability of taking risky decisions if necessary.

You And Dave

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