Ram K. Kaul

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Director of Engineering at Datadog

Austin, Texas, United States

Overview

Ram K. Kaul is a Director of Engineering at Datadog, specializing in metrics engineering for high-volume data systems. His extensive career includes leadership roles at Splunk, Micron, and Hewlett-Packard, focusing on cloud platforms and storage technologies. Colleagues describe him as innovative, knowledgeable, driven, and a passionate leader.

There is no publicly available information regarding Rams personal life or hobbies.

He currently leads teams responsible for processing trillions of data points daily at Datadog.

Personality Overview

Non-Confrontational

Optimistic

Consensus Focused

They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.  Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They are generally friendly, so be careful when relying on their word.

Topics They Care About

Large-Scale Metrics
His current role at Datadog involves managing the routing, sharding, indexing, and storage of trillions of data points every day.
Scalable Distributed Systems
He actively recruits engineering managers for teams that build scalable, automated, and load-based sharding solutions for stateful services.
Cloud Core Platforms
As a former Director of Engineering at Splunk, he was directly responsible for building the company's core cloud platform.

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Work History

4-2022
Director of Engineering at Datadog
10-2019 - 4-2022
Director Of Engineering at Splunk
1-2016 - 10-2019
Director Software Engineering at Micron Technology
12-2011 - 1-2016
Sr. Manager, Software Development (Section Mgr) at Hewlett-Packard
5-2008 - 12-2011
R&D Engineering Manager at HP

Education

1992 - 1996
Bachelor of Engineering from National Institute of Technology Surat
1980 - 1992
High School from Kendriya Vidyalaya

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Insights For Selling To Ram K.

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to interesting customer testimonials and stress on great customer experience
  • Give them the opportunity to lead the conversation where possible
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers

DONT's

  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be like a storyteller with them
  • Don't be critical or challenge them openly, they can react defensively

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ram K. is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ram K.

  • They will hardly ever say a direct no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ram K. move?

  • Even when they are constantly engaged, they do not reach decisions quickly.
  • Can Ram K. take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Ram K.

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