Rathan Aukunuru

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DISC Type : Di

Director of Applications | Leading Strategic Application Development & Innovation at Park Loyalty at Park Loyalty

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Rathan is an enterprise IT leader and the Director of Applications at Park Loyalty, where he bridges business strategy with cloud, data, and infrastructure solutions. An MBA graduate from Georgia Southern University, he is described by colleagues as skilled, detail-oriented, and dedicated, with deep expertise in data architecture.

As a highly motivated and ambitious professional, he values transparency, inclusivity, and accountability in leadership. He has a passion for continuous learning, recently immersing himself in the Go programming language to better understand modern software development principles and stay on the cutting edge of technology.

Unique fact: Rathan is a graduate of the 2023 APAC Leadership Expansion Program, aimed at developing a community of open leaders.

Personality Overview

Friendly Challenger

Confident

Conviction Driven

They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.  They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships. They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.

Topics They Care About

Data Analytics Solutions
His career focuses on transforming large datasets into actionable assets and deploying self-service data platforms to support business intelligence and decision-making.
Strategic Application Development
Currently leads the innovation of AI-powered parking platforms and is actively hiring software engineers to build scalable and resilient applications.
Go Programming Language
He is actively exploring the Go language, showing a keen interest in its efficiency and concurrency features for modern software development.

Media Appearances

Park Loyalty Welcomes Rathan Aukunuru, Director of Applications. Featured in Park Loyalty Blog

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Work History

8-2025
Director of Applications | Leading Strategic Application Development & Innovation at Park Loyalty at Park Loyalty
5-2024 - 9-2025
Information Systems Manager at Koni Ameri Tech Services Inc
12-2023 - 4-2024
Architect at Red Hat
11-2020 - 11-2023
Manager - Business Intelligence at Red Hat
8-2018 - 11-2020
Associate Manager - Business Intelligence at Red Hat

Education

2006 - 2008
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Georgia Southern University
1992 - 1996
Bachelor’s Degree from Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Yerragattu Hillocks, Bheemaram, Hasanparthy, Warangal

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Insights For Selling To Rathan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Clearly address the competitive aspects
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but insert some anecdotes into it
  • Acknowledge their status and position during the conversation

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t keep repeating the same information, it could make them impatient

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Rathan is

  • Confidence in the product’s value is critical, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Rathan

  • They will not hesitate to say no if they do not develop conviction.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Rathan move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Rathan take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Rathan

Personality Compatibility


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