Sara Tabor

Trailblazer
DISC Type : ID

Director, Cloud Engineering at Alteryx

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Sara Tabor is a Director of Cloud Engineering at Alteryx with a distinguished career path from Quality Assurance to Platform Engineering. Colleagues describe her as thorough, organized, and a caring leader, an approach supported by her certification in "Be the Manager People Wont Leave".

Sara has a keen professional interest in web accessibility, technology, and business insights. Her focus extends to building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, evident in her active recruitment efforts and the glowing recommendations she has received from former colleagues.

She received an honoree award for her work on the website rebuild for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), specifically for her contributions to accessibility testing.

Personality Overview

Values Relationships

Friendly But Fast

Informal

They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.  A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They will fight for you if they come to believe in you.

Topics They Care About

Platform Engineering
Her career has progressed into platform and cloud engineering, and she has recently hired for Platform Engineer roles, indicating it's a key area of focus.
Empathetic Leadership
Holds a "Be the Manager People Won't Leave" certification and is consistently praised in recommendations for being a caring, approachable, and effective leader.
Quality Assurance
Has an extensive background as a Director of Quality Assurance and is praised by colleagues for establishing high-quality, thorough, and well-executed QA practices.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2026
Director, Cloud Engineering at Alteryx
4-2025 - 1-2026
Senior Director, Platform & Quality Engineering at Bluecore
1-2024 - 4-2025
Director, Quality Assurance and Infrastructure at Bluecore
11-2021 - 4-2024
Director, Quality Assurance at Bluecore
2-2021 - 10-2021
Group Director, Quality Assurance at Code and Theory

Education

Education details unavailable from Dunwoody College of Technology
Education details unavailable from Minnesota State - Central Lakes

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Exp : 12 Location : New York, New York, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director, Cloud Engineering at Alteryx
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Insights For Selling To Sara

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Display high self-confidence and expect them to have a strong personality.
  • Help them visualize the impact of their decision
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but nurture the relationship too

DONT's

  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill
  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sara is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sara

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sara move?

  • They can reach decisions quickly if they develop trust and confidence in the product.
  • Can Sara take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Sara

Personality Compatibility


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