Pradeep Pandey

Critic
DISC Type : C

Site Reliability Engineer - Technical Leader at Cisco

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Pradeep is a Site Reliability Engineer and Technical Leader at Cisco with over 13 years of experience in DevOps, PaaS, and cloud technologies. He is a subject matter expert in Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Google Cloud Platform, holding numerous advanced certifications including CKA, CKS, and multiple professional Google Cloud titles. He earned his PG-Diploma from C-DAC.

He has repeatedly achieved the Professional Cloud Architect and Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certifications from Google Cloud, taking pride in retaining his original certification serial IDs through multiple renewals.

Personality Overview

ROI Driven

Negotiator

Precise

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

Kubernetes and OpenShift
Possesses over a decade of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and 8+ years with OpenShift, backed by CKA, CKS, and CKAD certifications.
Google Cloud Platform
Holds multiple professional-level GCP certifications in Cloud Architecture and DevOps, frequently posting about his successful re-certifications.
Cloud Native Automation
Utilizes Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins to automate cluster provisioning, patching, and deployment processes in production environments.

Media Appearances

Pradeep has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2022
Site Reliability Engineer - Technical Leader at Cisco
9-2019 - 3-2022
Site Reliability Engineer - IV at Cisco
12-2017 - 8-2019
DevOps Engineer - Cloud Migration at Kloud9
10-2017 - 12-2017
DevOps Engineer at Echidna (Kloud9)
7-2015 - 10-2017
Linux Engineer at Tetra Information Services Pvt. Ltd

Education

Full-time PG-Diploma in IT infrastructure from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
2008 - 2012
Engineer's Degree from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

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Insights For Selling To Pradeep

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you can, show them industry reports or analyst comments instead of sharing anecdotal stories
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pradeep is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pradeep

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pradeep move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Pradeep take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Pradeep

Personality Compatibility


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