Zsofia Rab

Commander
DISC Type : D

Principal Deployment Strategist at Alation

United Kingdom

Overview

Zsofia Rab is a Principal Deployment Strategist at Alation with 15 years of experience in customer success, project management, and sales. Colleagues describe her as highly professional, thorough, and diligent, with excellent organizational skills and a commitment to advocating for her customers needs.

She holds a Master of Arts from Corvinus University of Budapest and a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford Brookes University. Zsofia is also a certified Professional SCRUM Master I, Prince2, and ITIL V3 Practitioner, reflecting a commitment to continuous professional development.

Zsofia was recently named Alations "CSM of the Year" for FY26, highlighting her success in partnering with customers to transform their data culture and drive results.

Personality Overview

Impact-Driven

Candid & Clear

Risk-Taker

They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact.  They respond well to strong and respectful communication. They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.

Topics They Care About

Customer Success
Her entire 15-year career is focused on customer success, retention, and expansion, with experience in managing strategic and enterprise-level accounts.
Data Intelligence
Works at Alation and previously at Collibra. She is passionate about partnering with customers to transform their data culture and drive business value.
Digital Project Delivery
Has a strong track record of delivering highly complex, multi-million dollar digital projects for global organizations.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2-2026
Principal Deployment Strategist at Alation
6-2025 - 2-2026
Principal Customer Success Manager at Alation
4-2024 - 6-2025
Director of Strategic Accounts at Ocean Technologies Group
10-2022 - 12-2023
Sr. Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Collibra
3-2021 - 10-2022
Enterprise Manager, Customer Success at Collibra

Education

2009 - 2010
Master of Arts from Corvinus University of Budapest
2004 - 2007
Bachelor of Arts and Honours from Oxford Brookes University

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Insights For Selling To Zsofia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Zsofia is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Zsofia

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Zsofia move?

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

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

You And Zsofia

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