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Shashwat Mohapatra (Sash)

Activist · DISC type Cd
Founder and CEO at The Rift
📍 United States

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Current Role
Founder and CEO
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Shashwat shows up

Meticulous
Observative
Logical And Quick

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Priorities

Topics Shashwat cares about

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Career

Work history

12-2024
Founder and CEO
The Rift
4-2025 - 8-2025
Perplexity business fellow
Perplexity
2-2020 - 5-2023
Director, Azure Data and AI Sales- Capital Markets
Microsoft
1-2016 - 2-2020
Principal Modern Workplace Sales Architect - Financial Services
Microsoft
3-2014 - 1-2016
Senior Client Success Manager
Microsoft
In the press

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Education
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
Dayananda Sagar College Of Engineering, Bangalore
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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