Emily McAfee

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Engineering Manager at Watershed

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Emily is an engineering leader at Watershed, focused on building scalable infrastructure to help companies reduce their carbon footprint. Her career includes leadership roles at Netflix and Mapbox, where she specialized in platform infrastructure and developer productivity. People she has worked with describe her as a thoughtful, generous, and fearless leader with exceptional clarity in communication. She holds a bachelors degree from Swarthmore College.

Outside of her professional life, Emily demonstrates a strong connection to the outdoors, evidenced by her certification as a Wilderness First Responder from NOLS. This advanced training suggests a passion for activities like hiking, climbing, or backcountry exploration, where safety and preparedness are paramount.

Interesting fact: A colleague noted that Emily shares the same Meyers Briggs personality type (ISFJ) as Beyoncé.

Personality Overview

Imaginative

Big Picture Person

Believer

They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.  They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Climate Tech
Her current role at Watershed is centered on building the enterprise platform to help companies measure, report, and act on their carbon emissions.
Cloud Infrastructure
Has extensive experience leading teams responsible for cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and developer experience at Watershed, Netflix, and Mapbox, with a focus on AWS.
Engineering Leadership
Passionate about designing creative teams and fostering individual development, with a track record of managing platform, infrastructure, and productivity engineering groups.

Media Appearances

Emily has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2024
Engineering Manager at Watershed
2-2021 - 12-2023
Engineering Manager, Productivity Engineering at Netflix
1-2018 - 12-2020
Head of Platform at Mapbox
3-2017 - 12-2017
Engineering Manager, Platform Infrastructure at Mapbox
3-2015 - 3-2017
Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure at Mapbox

Education

2009 - 2013
Bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College
2-2024 - 2-2024
Wilderness First Responder from NOLS

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Insights For Selling To Emily

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers

DONT's

  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first
  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail
  • 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 Emily is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Emily

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Emily move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Emily take some risk or not?

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

You And Emily

Personality Compatibility


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