John Buchanan

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Senior Director, Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps at Aritzia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Overview

John Buchanan is the Senior Director of Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps at Aritzia, bringing over 20 years of IT experience. He excels at leading large engineering teams and building massively scalable applications, with deep expertise in software development, integration, and cloud architecture.

He built lululemons integration engineering practice from inception to a 30-person department distributed across three distinct teams.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Assertive

Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

Leading Engineering Teams
Has a proven track record of managing large teams and building an entire engineering practice at lululemon from the ground up.
Cloud & DevSecOps
His current and recent director-level roles at Aritzia and Levi Strauss & Co. are focused on Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and DevSecOps strategy.
Retail Tech Integration
His career at Aritzia, Levi's, and lululemon, plus his consultancy's focus on retail integration, shows deep expertise in this specific area.

Media Appearances

John Buchanan - Senior Director, Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps at Aritzia. Featured in TheOrg.com

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Work History

7-2023
Senior Director, Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps at Aritzia
1-2022 - 7-2023
Director, DevOps and Production Engineering at Levi Strauss & Co.
7-2021 - 1-2022
Senior Architect, Platform Engineering at Levi Strauss & Co.
4-2018 - 7-2021
Founder and Principal Consultant at Turnstone Technology Inc.
12-2017 - 3-2018
Director - Global Digital Technology at lululemon

Education

2004 - 2010
BBA from Kwantlen Polytechnic University

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Exp : 24 Location : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Job Level : Senior Designation : Senior Director, Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps at Aritzia
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Insights For Selling To John

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with John is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from John

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will John move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can John take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And John

Personality Compatibility


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