Tao Wang, Ph.D.

Critic
DISC Type : C

Co-Founder & CTO, Entrepreneur at Startup

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Tao has no verified overview

Personality Overview

Precise

ROI Driven

Objective Thinker

They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often.  Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Topics They Care About

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Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2025
Co-Founder & CTO, Entrepreneur at Startup
4-2022 - 6-2025
Senior Machine Learning Manager at Adobe
4-2019 - 4-2022
Head of Data Science & Applied Machine Learning (Senior Manager) at Apple
9-2013 - 4-2019
Senior Applied Research Scientist at Apple
6-2012 - 12-2012
Visiting Researcher at Microsoft

Education

9-2024 - 12-2025
Stanford LEAD Professional Certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from University of Alberta

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Exp : 18 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder & CTO, Entrepreneur at Startup
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Insights For Selling To Tao

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tao is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tao

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tao move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Tao take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Tao

Personality Compatibility


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