Stas Zvinyatskovsky πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Commander
DISC Type : D

Distinguished Engineer at Verily

Los Altos, California, United States

Overview

Stas is a Distinguished Engineer at Verily, leading enterprise-wide technical strategy. He previously drove large-scale transformations as a Managing Director at Accenture and Distinguished Architect at Yahoo. He holds an M. S. from Stanford University, and colleagues describe him as a valuable leader, great architect, and highly intelligent.

He holds patents for early online dating technology, including a system for voice and video greetings in personal advertisements.

Personality Overview

Strong-Willed

Decisive

Candid & Clear

They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.  They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise Transformation
His career at Verily, Accenture, and Yahoo has focused on leading enterprise transformations to improve velocity, scale, and growth in complex, large-scale environments.
Cloud Migration
He spearheaded Verily's technical separation from Google, which involved migrating 48 petabytes of data and applications to Google Cloud ahead of schedule and under budget.
Developer Productivity
He frequently discusses boosting developer productivity, including a talk at Google Cloud Next on using GitHub Copilot and a past initiative at Yahoo that increased deployment frequency 5x.

Media Appearances

Yahoo: Pulling an Elephant out of a Tarpit with Stas Zvinyatskovsky. Featured in YouTube

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Stas Zvinyatskovsky - Distinguished Engineer at Verily Life Sciences | The Org. Featured in The Org

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Work History

1-2025
Distinguished Engineer at Verily
11-2020 - 12-2024
Head of Foundation Engineering at Verily
6-2016 - 10-2020
Managing Director - Partner at Accenture
1-2014 - 6-2016
Distinguished Architect, Sr. Director of Engineering at Yahoo
1-2011 - 1-2014
Director Of Engineering - Sr. Principal Architect at Yahoo

Education

Master of Science - MS from Stanford University
Bachelor of Science - BS from Rochester Institute of Technology

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Insights For Selling To Stas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Use phrases like β€˜it’s your decision’, β€˜strategic impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Stas 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 Stas

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Stas move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Stas take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Stas

Personality Compatibility


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