Geetha Avadhanula

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Director Data Science and Engineering interim at ActBlue

United States

Overview

Geetha Avadhanula is an engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building high-performing data and AI/ML teams. She specializes in delivering scalable data solutions using technologies like Kafka, Spark, Databricks, and AWS. She holds a Bachelors in Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

A 2020 GoFundMe page shows a donation from a "Santhosh Geetha Avadhanula" to a fundraiser providing free meals to people in need in the Seattle area, suggesting an interest in community support.

She has recently directed teams in developing AI-powered conversational chatbots using Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

Personality Overview

Driven But Considerate

Decisive But Friendly

Dynamic But Sincere

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed  They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Real-time Data
Her expertise includes building real-time streaming data ingestion pipelines using technologies like Kafka and Spark Streaming.
AI-powered Chatbots
She has recent, hands-on experience directing teams to build conversational chatbots leveraging modern LLMs and RAG frameworks.
Data for Healthcare
While at Seattle Children's, she was involved in projects predicting hospital census and extracting data from clinical free text.

Media Appearances

Geetha has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Director Data Science and Engineering interim at ActBlue
5-2022 - 2-2025
Manager, Data Engineering and AI at Tealium
6-2017 - 5-2022
Lead, Data Engineering & Data Science at Seattle Children's
12-2014 - 5-2016
Sr Software Engineer at The Walt Disney Company
4-2007 - 7-2012
ETL Lead Analyst- III at Costco Wholesale

Education

Bachelors in Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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Insights For Selling To Geetha

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Mostly stick to your standard pitch and qualifying script, but add some stories or anecdotes to it
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a formal approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Geetha is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Geetha

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Geetha move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Geetha take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Geetha

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