Parima Shah

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Engineering Manager (Search and Discovery) at Outschool

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Parima is an Engineering Manager at Outschool, where she leads the Search & Discovery team. With a Bachelor of Science from UC San Diego and extensive experience at both startups and large companies like Disney and Google, she is a seasoned technical leader. Colleagues praise her as enthusiastic, having fantastic communication skills and leading by example.

Outside of her tech career, Parima is deeply committed to community service and wellness. She has volunteered for over 15 years with a global NGO, is a certified yoga teacher specializing in yoga therapy, and has spoken at events like the Lesbians Who Tech & Allies Pride Summit.

For her decade of volunteer work, Parima received the prestigious "Kaurna Ratna (Jewel of Compassion) Award" and was granted $10, 000 to donate to her chosen cause.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Price-Sensitive

Not Easily Convinced

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Topics They Care About

Search & Discovery
Leads the Search & Discovery team at Outschool and holds a "Search with ML Certificate" to enhance search ranking and personalization for users.
Community Volunteering
Has volunteered for over 15 years with Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care, a global NGO, and serves as a Youth Lead for the US chapter.
Technical Leadership
Manages a team of engineers and data scientists and is described in recommendations as a strong, engineer-first manager and mentor.

Media Appearances

Parima has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2021
Engineering Manager (Search and Discovery) at Outschool
6-2020 - 8-2021
Team Lead (Infra Pod) at Outschool
10-2018 - 6-2020
Founding Software Engineer & Team Lead at OpenSpace
1-2018 - 10-2018
Senior Software Engineer at Panda Strike
6-2015 - 12-2017
Senior Software Engineer at Ciklum

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) from UC San Diego
Education details unavailable from University of California, Berkeley

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Insights For Selling To Parima

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Parima is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Parima

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Parima move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Parima take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Parima

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