What Exactly is a Pre-Sales Engineer?

About this episode

The episode explores the role of pre-sales engineers and their impact on bridging technology and business.

Host Philip Gervasi talks with Kentik pre-sales engineer Sean McGinley about what it really means to work in pre-sales. They unpack the various titles associated with those roles (e.g., solutions engineer, solutions architect) and discuss how pre-sales bridges the gap between technology and business. Learn how these roles balance hands-on engineering with customer relationships. Along the way, they share personal stories, lessons learned from the field, and why pre-sales can be one of the most rewarding career paths in tech.

People in this episode

Host: Philip Gervasi

Guest: Sean McGinley

Topics covered

• pre-sales engineering
• technology
• business
• customer relationships
• career paths
• solutions engineer
• solutions architect

Keywords

• pre-sales engineer
• solutions architect
• technology
• business
• customer relationships
• career paths
• engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kentik

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