Brandon Pierce

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Chief Technology Officer at Avahi

Menifee, California, United States

Overview

Brandon is a Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across cloud, on-prem, and AI domains. He specializes in scaling teams during periods of high growth, mergers, and acquisitions. He holds an AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional certification.

Outside of his technology career, Brandon identifies as a husband and father. He is also passionate about motorsports, which he pursues as a personal hobby alongside his professional responsibilities.

Unique fact: In addition to being a technology executive, Brandon is also a racecar driver.

Personality Overview

Self-Assured

Persuader

People-Oriented

They like to keep things under control.  They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They will bat for you if they come to believe in you.

Topics They Care About

AI-Driven Transformation
His recent career has shifted focus to AI, and he promotes using AI-first solutions to transform businesses and the world.
Empathetic Leadership
He leads with empathy and transparency, and his colleagues praise his supportive, people-first leadership style and communication skills.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He has extensive experience evolving small teams into global workforces, guiding them through periods of exponential growth and acquisitions.

Media Appearances

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Work History

7-2025
Chief Technology Officer at Avahi
10-2023 - 7-2025
Managing Director, Engineering Services at Ollion
5-2023 - 10-2023
SVP Global Managed Cloud at 2nd Watch
1-2022 - 5-2023
VP, Cloud Engineering at 66degrees
11-2021 - 1-2022
VP, Cloud Engineering at Cloudbakers

Education

2004 - 2006
Education details unavailable from Irvine Valley College

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Insights For Selling To Brandon

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • You might need to keep the conversation on track, they tend to slide off-topic
  • Use words like ‘partner’, ‘together’, ‘impact’ etc.
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing how others made similar decisions

DONT's

  • Don’t rely too much on what they promise, make your own deductions
  • Don’t be excessively objective, focus on building a story first
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Brandon is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Brandon

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no albeit in a friendly manner.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Brandon move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Brandon take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if necessary.

You And Brandon

Personality Compatibility


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