Kripa (कृपा) Rajshekhar

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DISC Type : DS

Senior Vice President, Data, Analytics and AI at Straive

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Overview

Kripa leads the Data, Analytics, and AI division at Straive, focusing on productionalizing AI for F1000 clients. A former EY M&A Partner and graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he founded Metonymize, a startup backed by both DARPA and the NSF, which was later acquired by Straive.

He is the co-founder of Mintor, an organization dedicated to connecting students with companies for placements. The platform currently supports thousands of students and hundreds of companies, demonstrating a clear passion for fostering the next generation of talent and bridging the gap between education and employment.

Unique fact: Kripa holds a patent for a "Natural Language Relatedness Tool Using Mined Semantic Analysis. "

Personality Overview

Output-Driven

Long-Term Thinker

Dynamic But Sincere

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.  They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.

Topics They Care About

Third Wave AI
He has authored articles on the topic, defining it as a key area of focus for his work and differentiating it from 'Big Data' reliant machine learning.
Enterprise AI
His current role at Straive involves helping large enterprise clients build reliable, fast, and cheaper ways to implement AI solutions.
First-Party Data
His startup, Metonymize, was built to help brands activate their first-party data to drive growth without needing to share the underlying data.

Media Appearances

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Work History

11-2023
Senior Vice President, Data, Analytics and AI at Straive
10-2014
Founder, CEO at Metonymize
10-2014
Cofounder at Mintor
1-2017 - 8-2017
PPAML (Probabilistic Programing for the Advancement of Machine Learning) at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
1-2016 - 12-2016
I-Corps at National Science Foundation (NSF)

Education

MSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2014 - 2014
Technology Entrepreneurship (Online course) from Stanford University

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Insights For Selling To Kripa

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • Come across as a trustworthy professional and be respectful, they usually know their game

DONT's

  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building
  • Don't get into pricing discussions early on, steer conversation towards proven results

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kripa is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kripa

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kripa move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Kripa take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

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