Prasad Kantamneni

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Chief Instructor: CareerReactor at CareerReactor

Greater Cleveland, United States

Overview

Prasad Kantamneni is a Founding Partner at UXReactor and Chief Instructor at CareerReactor, shaping the future of design through education and innovation. A Harvard Business School alumnus with over 20 years of experience at firms like Yahoo and Honeywell, he holds numerous patents and is a key figure in developing world-class UX designers.

Prasad is deeply passionate about leveraging technology and design for social impact. He previously dedicated his time to creating sustainable economic models and computer literacy programs for rural and tribal communities. People who have worked with him describe him as imaginative, resourceful, and persistent in any project he undertakes.

Interesting fact: He was a principal architect of the search-suggestion feature at Yahoo, a now-ubiquitous tool that changed the search habits of internet users worldwide.

Personality Overview

Value Seeker

Price-Sensitive

Cautious & Analytical

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

Topics They Care About

Design Education
He manages the Collej Design School and is Chief Instructor at CareerReactor, with a stated goal of creating the next generation of world-class UX designers.
AI in UX Design
Leads an M. Des program with a specialization in AI and actively speaks on harnessing AI to design impactful user experience solutions.
Principled Entrepreneurship
As a co-founder, he and his partner made the decision to walk away from a Fortune 500 acquisition offer to maintain their company's vision and team culture.

Media Appearances

Prasad has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2014
Chief Instructor: CareerReactor at CareerReactor
1-2019 - 4-2025
Founding Partner at UXReactor
5-2014 - 12-2018
CEO at UXReactor
2-2011 - 5-2014
Consultant at Independant Consultant
3-2011 - 3-2014
Chair, Technology Incubation Program at Bhagavatula Charitable Trust

Education

General Management Program from Harvard Business School
MS from Wright State University

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Insights For Selling To Prasad

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same

DONT's

  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Prasad 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 Prasad

  • 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 Prasad move?

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

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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