SriVenkatesh Godavari

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Director, Engineering- Power & Performance at NVIDIA

San Diego Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

SriVenkatesh is the Director of Engineering for Power & Performance at NVIDIA, where he leads efforts to optimize Tegra products for the automotive, ADAS, and robotics sectors. With a background from Andhra University and nearly 17 years at Qualcomm, colleagues describe him as an innovative and dedicated engineer.

He worked on every automotive chipset at Qualcomm since their very first IVI SoC, showcasing deep expertise in the evolution of automotive technology.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Assertive

Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Automotive Systems
His career for over a decade at Qualcomm and now at NVIDIA has been centered on automotive, ADAS, and robotics systems performance.
Power & Performance
His current title and mission at NVIDIA are explicitly focused on achieving highly efficient power and performance for Tegra products.
Hiring Top Talent
Frequently posts about hiring system and software performance engineers for his team to work on next-generation automotive systems.

Media Appearances

SriVenkatesh has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Director, Engineering- Power & Performance at NVIDIA
3-2022 - 10-2025
Director Engineering at Qualcomm
11-2020 - 3-2022
Principal Engineer Manager at Qualcomm
1-2009 - 11-2020
Sr. Staff Engineer Manager at Qualcomm
7-2007 - 1-2009
Member of Technical Staff at AMD

Education

2002 - 2004
M.Sc. from Andhra University

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Insights For Selling To SriVenkatesh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value
  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with SriVenkatesh is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from SriVenkatesh

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will SriVenkatesh move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can SriVenkatesh take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

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