Mike Curtis

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VP of Engineering Cloud at Vercel

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Mike Curtis is the VP of Engineering at Vercel, where he leads the cloud division, including platform engineering and AI infrastructure. A computer science graduate from Columbia University, he previously spent nearly two decades at Google, where he led core infrastructure and was a founding Site Reliability Engineer for products like Google+ and Gmail.

As the founding SRE for Google+, he introduced continuous software releases, a first for any major Google property.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Value Driven

Curious

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Topics They Care About

Site Reliability (SRE)
He was a foundational Site Reliability Engineer for Google+ and Gmail and is now building a world-class SRE team at Vercel.
AI Infrastructure
His current role involves overseeing Vercel's AI SDKs and infrastructure, and he actively posts about advancements in AI models like GPT.
Developer Experience
At Google, he led the development experience for over 60, 000 internal developers, creating new end-to-end server platform offerings.

Media Appearances

Mike has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2024
VP of Engineering Cloud at Vercel
6-2016 - 4-2024
Senior Director, Core Infrastructure at Google
7-2010 - 5-2016
Principal Software Engineer, Site Reliability, Google+ at Google
7-2005 - 6-2010
Software Engineering Tech Lead, Site Reliability, Gmail at Google

Education

2001 - 2005
Computer Science from Columbia University

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Insights For Selling To Mike

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Mike is

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

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Mike move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Mike take some risk or not?

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

You And Mike

Personality Compatibility


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