Raghu Reddy Garudadri

Evaluator
DISC Type : csd

Microsoft Cloud & AI Platforms Sales Director at Microsoft

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Overview

Raghu Reddy Garudadri is a Microsoft Cloud & AI Platforms Sales Director specializing in strategic accounts for Oil, Gas & Energy customers. He drives revenue, consumption growth, and AI adoption while leveraging Azure as an innovation platform.

He is a committed, caring, and customer-obsessed leader, passionate about inspiring and guiding next-generation leaders as a Scout Leader.

Raghu recently earned his Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification.

Personality Overview

Hard To Convince

Thorough Evaluator

Quality Focused

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service  They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Topics They Care About

Confidential AI
He frequently shares posts and insights about confidential AI, Azure confidential VMs, and the security advancements in this area, including the use of NVIDIA H100 GPUs.
Microsoft Azure
His role as Sales Director focuses on driving customer outcomes with Azure Infrastructure, Data and Analytics, and Digital Applications. He also previously focused on SAP on Azure.
AI Supercomputing
Raghu is fascinated by the underlying technology of AI supercomputers, including the vast scale of CPUs and GPUs, and frameworks like DeepSeed, as seen in his post about what runs ChatGPT.

Media Appearances

Raghu Reddy – Speaker Profile (Microsoft Cloud & AI Platforms Sales Director). Featured in Sessionize

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Work History

7-2025
Microsoft Cloud & AI Platforms Sales Director at Microsoft
7-2022 - 9-2025
Director Azure Core Specialist - Strategic Accounts at Microsoft
5-2021 - 7-2022
Director | SAP on Azure at Microsoft
10-2020 - 5-2021
Sr.Account Executive | Platform and Technology at SAP
4-2017 - 10-2020
Client Partner at SAP

Education

MS from University of Oklahoma
Education details unavailable from Sri Krishnadevaraya University

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Insights For Selling To Raghu

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep a professional, business-like approach; especially if you tend to get informal quickly
  • Showcase your competitive superiority clearly when possible or address it at the minimum
  • Be prepared for comments or questions that are critical of your product or your claims

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on relationship, focus purely on the merit of your product
  • Avoid too much small talk, just a few formal pleasantries should be fine
  • Don’t nudge them to do something by using the logic that others have done the same

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Raghu is

  • ROI matters the most to them, followed by process and finally proof of results
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Raghu

  • They might hesitate a little, but will go ahead and say no when necessary (or asked)

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Raghu move?

  • They are unlikely to move very fast, especially when it comes to new products or services
  • Can Raghu take some risk or not?

  • They have relatively low risk-appetite and are not very likely to go for something unproven and risky

You And Raghu

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