Paras Seth

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DISC Type : cs

Director, Product & Engineering Operations at Databricks

San Jose, California, United States

Overview

Paras Seth is the Director of Product & Engineering Operations at Databricks, with over 15 years of experience at firms like Google and Deloitte. He specializes in scaling developer platforms and engineering infrastructure for over 10, 000 engineers. He holds an MS from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Colleagues describe him as having excellent analytical skills, a creative and systematic approach, and a great sense of humor, which enables him to build strong stakeholder relationships.

He has led over 50 product and feature launches from initial concept to full-scale deployment.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Unexpressive

Status Quo Seeker

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Topics They Care About

Developer Experience
His role focuses on improving developer experience and scaling engineering velocity for thousands of engineers at a hyper-growth company.
Engineering Productivity
He has extensive experience driving DevOps strategy and engineering productivity through large-scale automation and platform programs.
AI-Powered Automation
His professional summary highlights a focus on using AI-powered automation to enhance engineering infrastructure and DevOps.

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Work History

5-2025
Director, Product & Engineering Operations at Databricks
4-2022 - 4-2025
Principal, Product & Engineering Operations at Databricks
9-2021 - 4-2022
Group / Team Manager, Product Development | Google Search at Google
7-2019 - 8-2021
Senior Manager, Product Strategy & Operations | Google Search at Google
1-2018 - 6-2019
Manager, Strategic Partnerships Management | Finance at Google

Education

2010 - 2012
Master of Science - MS from Texas A&M University
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Engineering - BE from Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak

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Insights For Selling To Paras

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions

DONT's

  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Paras is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Paras

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Paras move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Paras take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Paras

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