Madhura Maskasky

Enigma
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Co-founder, CPO and Head of Engineering at Platform9 Systems

Mountain View, California, United States

Overview

Madhura Maskasky is the Co-founder, CPO, and Head of Engineering at Platform9 Systems. With deep expertise in virtualization from her time as a technical lead at VMware, she pioneers SaaS-managed hybrid cloud solutions. She holds a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in databases and distributed systems.

Outside of her technical leadership, Madhura is a proponent of gender equality in the workplace and draws inspiration from her entrepreneurial family. She maintains a balanced life through exercise, meditation, and gardening, viewing problem-solving in business as similar to debugging code by breaking down challenges into manageable parts.

She was recognized as one of the Top Women in Cloud Innovations for her significant contributions to the industry.

Personality Overview

Fast Follower

Friendly Yet Blunt

Persuasive & Assertive

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 proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

VMware Migration
Her company's products, such as Private Cloud Director and vJailbreak, are positioned as solutions to the complexity of VMware migrations, a topic she frequently posts about.
Private Cloud
As a co-founder of Platform9, her primary focus is on simplifying enterprise private clouds using open-source frameworks like OpenStack and Kubernetes delivered as a service.
Engineering Leadership
As Head of Engineering, she is actively hiring for technical and product roles, indicating a focus on building and scaling a high-performing team.

Media Appearances

Madhura Maskasky, Platform9 Systems Inc - theCUBE. Featured in theCUBE

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Work History

10-2013
Co-founder, CPO and Head of Engineering at Platform9 Systems
5-2006 - 9-2013
Staff Engineer at VMware
2004 - 2006
Member of Technical Staff at Oracle Corporation

Education

2002 - 2004
Master of Computer Science from Stanford University
1998 - 2002
BS from Savitribai Phule Pune University

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Exp : 22 Location : Mountain View, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-founder, CPO and Head of Engineering at Platform9 Systems
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Insights For Selling To Madhura

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use a combination of data as well as stories for your pitch, a ppt might not be necessary
  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal even if you come to form one
  • Avoid making offhand commitments, understand the root of their concerns first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Madhura is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Madhura

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Madhura move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Madhura take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Madhura

Personality Compatibility


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