Jan Vittrup Hansen

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Head of Engineering at Autoflows

Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Overview

Jan Vittrup Hansen is the Head of Engineering at Autoflows, where he champions a Platform Engineering mindset and the use of cloud-native technologies. His career includes leadership roles at DFDS and Siteimprove, and he holds an MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark.

He successfully led the transition of all products from legacy hosting to a new Kubernetes cluster in a previous role.

Personality Overview

Believer

Full Of Energy

Imaginative

They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Topics They Care About

Platform Engineering
Actively embraces and promotes a "Platform-as-a-Product" mindset within his engineering teams to enhance software delivery.
Cloud Native Tech
Focuses on leveraging cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, having previously led a major migration project to a new k8s cluster.
Engineering Talent
He is actively involved in hiring and scaling his teams, with a recent focus on adding Site Reliability, Data, and Backend Engineers.

Media Appearances

Jan has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2024
Head of Engineering at Autoflows
8-2023 - 12-2024
Head of Cloud Platform Engineering at DFDS
2-2021 - 3-2023
Engineering Manager - Adoption Products and Databases at Siteimprove
11-2019 - 2-2021
Engineering Manager - Infrastructure at Siteimprove
12-2017 - 11-2019
Group Manager at 3Shape

Education

MSc in Engineering from DTU - Technical University of Denmark

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Insights For Selling To Jan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jan is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jan move?

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

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

You And Jan

Personality Compatibility


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