Samira Panah Bakhtiar

Commander
DISC Type : D

General Manager | Global Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports Industry Business Unit at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

New York, New York, United States

Overview

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Personality Overview

Strong-Willed

Very Quick

Risk-Taker

They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.  They are not always relationship oriented. They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.

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Work History

12-2023
General Manager | Global Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports Industry Business Unit at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
1-2023
Director At Large at The WICT Network
7-2018 - 11-2023
Director- Global Media & Entertainment at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
5-2017 - 6-2018
Director, Media Operation at Cisco
1-2017 - 7-2020
Member Board Of Directors at together1heart

Education

2010 - 2013
MBA from Fordham Gabelli School of Business
2002 - 2006
Summa Cum Laude- Business Finance from University of Arizona - Eller College of Management

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Insights For Selling To Samira

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots

DONT's

  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Samira is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Samira

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Samira move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Samira take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Samira

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