Raghu Vatsavayi

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Architect and Founding Team Member at DataPelago

San Jose, California, United States

Overview

Raghu Vatsavayi is an Architect and Founding Team Member at DataPelago, specializing in Big Data analytics, cloud infrastructure, and ML/AI acceleration. He has extensive experience building customer solutions for composable cloud systems and holds a Masters in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

He is a passionate open-source enthusiast with deep expertise in modern, high-performance programming languages. His self-identification as a "Rustacean" highlights a significant personal and professional interest in the Rust programming language, known for its performance and safety in systems development.

He is a co-inventor on multiple US patents in the fields of network traffic load balancing and data processing.

Personality Overview

Curious

Value Driven

Example Seeker

They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

Big Data Acceleration
His career is centered on accelerating Big Data analytics, leveraging Spark, GPUs, and CUDA. This is a core focus in his current founding role at DataPelago.
Cloud Infrastructure
He has architected DPU-based composable cloud infrastructure and has deep experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and virtualization, focusing on performance and scalability in data centers.
Open Source Technologies
Identifying as an open-source enthusiast, he consistently works with technologies like Linux, Spark, Kubernetes, and various databases, showing a commitment to community-driven software.

Media Appearances

Raghu has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2021
Architect and Founding Team Member at DataPelago
1-2019
CTO Office: Software Architect at Fungible, Inc.
5-2014 - 1-2019
Lead Software at Cavium Inc
1-2010 - 3-2014
Senior Staff at QLogic
1-2009 - 11-2009
Software Engineer IoT at Redwoodsys

Education

Masters Computer Science Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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Exp : 16 Location : San Jose, California, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Architect and Founding Team Member at DataPelago
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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Raghu is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Raghu

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Raghu move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Raghu take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

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