Teresa Dietrich

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Chief Technology Officer at Invoca

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Teresa Dietrich is the Chief Technology Officer at Invoca, specializing in scaling products, people, and technology. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, her career highlights include leading Stack Overflow through a $1. 8 billion acquisition and heading product and engineering at McKinsey New Ventures.

She is passionate about solving complex problems at the intersection of people, product, and technology. A core focus of her work is coaching the next generation of tech leadership and developing equitable, high-trust organizations to create a positive impact for users and colleagues.

Under her leadership as Chief Product & Technology Officer, Stack Overflow was successfully acquired for $1. 8 billion by Prosus.

Personality Overview

Achievment Oriented

Decisive

Confident & Optimistic

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships.

Topics They Care About

Agentic AI
Her recent focus at Invoca involves leveraging agentic AI with brand and consumer context to create more value.
Scaling Tech Orgs
Has extensive experience growing and transforming technology organizations at companies like Stack Overflow, Namely, and McKinsey.
Remote Work Culture
Actively hiring for remote engineering and SRE roles, indicating a focus on building and supporting distributed teams.

Media Appearances

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Work History

3-2024
Chief Technology Officer at Invoca
7-2022 - 4-2023
Chief Product & Community Officer at Stack Overflow
1-2020 - 7-2022
Chief Product & Technology Officer at Stack Overflow
7-2017 - 5-2019
Global Head of Product & Engineering at McKinsey New Ventures (part of McKinsey & Company)
7-2015 - 4-2017
Chief Technology Officer at Namely

Education

1995 - 1999
BS from Carnegie Mellon University
2001 - 2003
MS from George Mason University

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Insights For Selling To Teresa

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Look like someone who is on top of their game
  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Focus on the big picture and the strategic value of your product

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t keep repeating the same information, it could make them impatient

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Teresa is

  • Confidence in the product’s value is critical, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Teresa

  • They will not hesitate to say no if they do not develop conviction.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Teresa move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Teresa take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Teresa

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