Branden Dodge

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Vice President of Software Engineering at Koalafi

Crozier, Virginia, United States

Overview

Branden Dodge is the Vice President of Software Engineering at Koalafi, bringing over 25 years of experience to the FinTech industry. He specializes in building high-performing teams and architecting scalable, cloud-native systems with a background in Golang and AWS. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Branden is a proud father who actively uses his professional network to create opportunities for his children. He recently reached out to his connections to help his daughter, a graphic design student, find an internship required for her graduation, showing a deep commitment to his familys success.

He is currently leading a major initiative at Koalafi to rebuild their platform from the ground up, moving from legacy monoliths to a modern, event-driven architecture.

Personality Overview

Fast-Paced

Vision Oriented

Challenger

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.

Topics They Care About

Fintech Architecture
He is leading the charge to move Koalafi from legacy monoliths to a modern, event-driven architecture designed for high scalability and explosive growth.
Engineering Leadership
His posts show he is actively hiring and building a new Shared Tech team from scratch, emphasizing the need for strong leadership to drive the company's future.
Family and Mentorship
He actively supports his children's careers, using his own professional network to help his daughter find a graphic design internship to complete her graduation.

Media Appearances

Branden has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2022
Vice President of Software Engineering at Koalafi
10-2021
Senior Director of Software Engineering at Koalafi
3-2020
Senior Director Software Engineering at Koalafi
3-2018 - 3-2020
Senior Manager at Capital One
4-2017 - 3-2018
Manager at Capital One

Education

1995 - 1998
BS from University of North Carolina Wilmington
1988 - 1992
Education details unavailable from Athens Area High School

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Insights For Selling To Branden

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you you respond to any queries from them quickly
  • Be crisp while making the pitch
  • Stress on the business value that your product offers

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Refrain from asking too many questions
  • Don’t expect them to change their mind quickly if they say no once

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Branden is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Branden

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Branden move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Branden take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Branden

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