Vikram Gundeti

Enthusiast
DISC Type : i

Chief Technology Officer at Foursquare

Greater Seattle Area, United States

Overview

Vikram Gundeti is the Chief Technology Officer at Foursquare, where he leads the technical strategy for the companys geospatial platform. A founding engineer for Amazon Alexa, he has extensive experience in large-scale distributed systems. Colleagues describe him as having "strong engineering talent" and a "terrific work ethic. "

There is no publicly available information regarding Vikrams personal life or hobbies.

Interesting fact: Vikram was reportedly the first engineer to work on the Amazon Alexa team.

Personality Overview

Non-Confrontational

Consensus Focused

Amiable & Agreeable

They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.  Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They tend to be agreeable by nature, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.


Topics They Care About

Geospatial AI
He is pioneering the application of AI and machine learning to location-based data, a core part of Foursquare's technology stack for over a decade.
Data Control Planes
He has spoken about viewing DataHub as the control plane for Foursquare's data ecosystem, solving challenges of a fragmented data environment.
Marketing Attribution
He led the complete rebuild of Foursquare's Attribution technology to provide marketers a holistic view of the customer journey from ad impression to in-store purchase.

Media Appearances

Vikram has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2024
Chief Technology Officer at Foursquare
1-2024 - 8-2024
Distinguished Engineer & Technical Advisor to the CEO at Foursquare
12-2021 - 1-2024
VP/Distinguished Engineer at Foursquare
1-2020 - 12-2021
Principal Engineer, Alexa Proactive Experience at Amazon
9-2018 - 1-2020
Principal Engineer, Alexa Orchestration Engine at Amazon

Education

2000 - 2004
B.Tech from International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

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Insights For Selling To Vikram

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them how their day is going or exchange some other pleasantries
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Speak from experience about success that the product has seen with other customers

DONT's

  • Don’t push them for a direct ‘no’, take lack of ‘yes’ as ‘no’ after some time
  • Avoid overloading them with too much information
  • Don’t be too formal with them, they trust informality more

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Vikram is

  • Relationships and rapport matter to them, but so does the value of the product.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Vikram

  • They are unlikely to say no directly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Vikram move?

  • They are not very fast decision makers, even while they continue to stay engaged.
  • Can Vikram take some risk or not?

  • If it seems really necessary, they can take small risks.

You And Vikram

Personality Compatibility


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