Eric Anderson

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Chief Technology Officer at Walkthrough

Mountain View, California, United States

Overview

Eric is the Founder and CTO of Walkthrough, a fintech startup focused on accessible financial advice. His background includes five years as a software developer on Googles Ads Privacy team. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Yale University with a double major in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.

Outside of his tech career, Eric is a world-class competitive sailor. He has competed in numerous international events and was the training partner for the United States representative in the Finn sailboat at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, helping his partner secure a 6th place finish.

Unique fact: Eric won the 2019 Finn Pacific Coast Championships and competed in the Hempel World Cup Series.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Example Seeker

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Topics They Care About

Fintech Accessibility
As the founder of Walkthrough, he is building a company to make ethical and unconflicted financial advice accessible to everyone.
Competitive Sailing
He is a world-class sailor who trained with the US Olympic Team for the Tokyo games and has achieved podium finishes in World Championships.
Software Engineering Philosophy
He is passionate about building clean, principled codebases and thoughtfully balancing them with business needs.

Media Appearances

Eric has no verified media appearances

Work History

Chief Technology Officer at Walkthrough
1-2020 - 8-2021
US Sailing Olympic Team Training Partner at US Sailing Team
8-2016 - 8-2021
Software Developer, Ads Privacy at Google
6-2015 - 8-2015
QA Engineer at Redfin Real Estate
4-2014 - 8-2014
Computational Fluid Dynamics Researcher at Yale University Mechanical Engineering Department

Education

2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science from Yale University
2011 - 2012
Education details unavailable from National Chengchi University

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Exp : 5 Location : Mountain View, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Chief Technology Officer at Walkthrough
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Insights For Selling To Eric

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision

DONT's

  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Eric is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Eric

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Eric move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Eric take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Eric

Personality Compatibility


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