Boris Popovschi

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director of Engineering at Vita Mojo

United Kingdom

Overview

Boris Popovschi is the Director of Engineering at Vita Mojo, where he focuses on building resilient and scalable teams by applying software principles to leadership. An alumnus of the Technical University of Moldova, he has a strong background in technical management and is a contributor to major open-source projects.

Outside of his primary role, Boris is a global explorer, inspired by his time living in Japan and his roots in the Moldovan tech community. He is an author on business and technology strategy and has developed personal projects, including educational mobile applications.

Unique Fact: Boris is an active contributor to high-profile open-source projects, including Docker, Kubernetes, ContainerD, and Amazons Firecracker.

Personality Overview

Relationship Oriented

Full Of Energy

Believer

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Engineering Leadership
Advocates for building resilient, autonomous teams by applying software engineering principles directly to management and leadership challenges.
Open-Source Advocacy
A prolific contributor to projects like ContainerD and Firecracker, he has also given public talks on the importance of the open-source movement.
Hospitality Technology
Writes about leveraging simple, scalable back-of-house technology to drive efficiency and reduce operational costs for hospitality businesses.

Media Appearances

Boris has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2026
Director of Engineering at Vita Mojo
10-2024 - 3-2026
Engineering Manager at Vita Mojo
10-2023 - 10-2024
Engineering Manager at Kindbody
9-2022 - 10-2023
Technical Product Manager at ArangoDB
9-2021 - 9-2022
Engineering Manager at ArangoDB

Education

1-2013 - 1-2017
IT and engineering from Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei

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Insights For Selling To Boris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Boris is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Boris

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Boris move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Boris take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Boris

Personality Compatibility


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