Natalie Meurer

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Head of Agent Engineering at Sierra

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Natalie Meurer co-leads the global Agent Engineering organization at Sierra, focusing on building conversational AI agents for partners. Her background includes co-founding a startup and leading privacy engineering at Palantir Technologies. She holds an MBA from Stanford and a BS from Georgetown University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Natalie is passionate about engineering more ethical and privacy-protective software solutions, particularly for government institutions. She has a stated mission to empower women, LGBTQ individuals, and first-generation immigrants in the technology sector to help build more ethically-grounded products. Her past work involved advising on data retention and system oversight for law enforcement.

She co-authored a paper analyzing the data privacy and security risks of "Hello Barbie, " an AI-powered smart toy for children.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

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

Topics They Care About

Agent Engineering
Leads the Agent Engineering organization at Sierra, building and deploying AI agents for enterprise customers across various industries like telecommunications and media.
AI Ethics & Privacy
Her career has focused on building privacy-protective software, including leading privacy engineering at Palantir and co-authoring a paper on the privacy risks of smart toys.
Conversational AI
Her role and public posts focus on building and deploying conversational AI to solve complex customer problems, from navigating personal finances to troubleshooting technical products.

Media Appearances

Meet the AI Agent Engineer. Featured in Sierra Blog

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Work History

9-2024
Head of Agent Engineering at Sierra
1-2024 - 9-2024
Agent Engineer at Sierra
12-2021 - 10-2023
Co-founder and CEO at Probably Something
12-2019 - 6-2021
Privacy Engineering Lead, Government Platform at Palantir Technologies
7-2016 - 12-2019
Civil Liberties Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies

Education

9-2021 - 5-2023
Master of Business Administration - MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2012 - 2016
BS from Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

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Insights For Selling To Natalie

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • 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 Natalie is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Natalie move?

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

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

You And Natalie

Personality Compatibility


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