Preeti Somal

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Senior Vice President at Temporal Technologies

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Preeti Somal is the Senior VP of Engineering at Temporal Technologies, specializing in building highly scalable, developer-focused cloud services. Her career includes leadership roles at HashiCorp, Yahoo, and VMware, focusing on platform, security, and cloud infrastructure. She earned her Masters Degree from The University of Georgia.

Outside of her extensive engineering leadership, Preeti shows a keen interest in philanthropy and social causes, notably following the work of the Gates Foundation. She actively engages with the developer community, participating in podcasts and discussions to share insights and connect with engineers.

For three consecutive years at Yahoo, Preeti received the Yahoo Excellence Award, an honor reserved for the top 10% of employees.

Personality Overview

Value Seeker

Cautious & Analytical

Price-Sensitive

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. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

Developer Experience
Emphasizes building products "for developers, by developers" and making complex technologies like Temporal easy to adopt, as seen in her public posts.
Scalable Cloud Services
Led cloud services and platform engineering at Yahoo and HashiCorp, focusing on building infrastructure for agility, scale, and performance.
Engineering Leadership
Has a long track record of leading and scaling engineering organizations as a VP and SVP at major technology companies like Temporal, HashiCorp, and VMware.

Media Appearances

Preeti has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2023
Senior Vice President at Temporal Technologies
12-2022 - 8-2023
Self Employed at N/A
12-2021 - 12-2022
EVP R&D Platform at HashiCorp
5-2021 - 12-2021
EVP Engineering at HashiCorp
1-2018 - 5-2021
Vice President Of Engineering at HashiCorp

Education

1992 - 1994
Master's Degree from The University of Georgia
1988 - 1992
Bachelor's Degree from Punjab Engineering College

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Exp : 16 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Senior Vice President at Temporal Technologies
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Insights For Selling To Preeti

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Back up any claims with data and numbers
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing

DONT's

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

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Preeti 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 Preeti

  • 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 Preeti move?

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

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


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