Kerry Czubko

Inspirer
DISC Type : di

Engineering Director at Openly

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Overview

Kerry is an accomplished Engineering Director with a BS in Information Technology who excels at scaling teams from startup to enterprise. She specializes in Agile methodologies and leading cross-functional engineering teams in high-growth environments within the insurance and automotive technology sectors.

Colleagues describe her as a charismatic, capable, and compassionate leader.

Personality Overview

Decisive

Fast Adopter

Confident & Optimistic

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships. They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Engineering Teams
Has a proven record of leading and growing platform, infrastructure, and data engineering teams in high-growth companies like Openly and Weedmaps.
Technical Recruitment
Actively and publicly recruits for key roles on her teams, including engineering managers, backend developers using Go, and site reliability engineers using Terraform and Kubernetes.
Automotive Technology
[Predicted] Possesses deep experience leading inventory and product engineering for Dealer Inspire, a Cars Commerce company, a key player in automotive digital marketing.

Media Appearances

Kerry has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2022
Engineering Director at Openly
12-2021 - 4-2022
Senior Engineering Manager at Weedmaps
8-2020 - 11-2021
VP Inventory Engineering at Dealer Inspire
12-2018 - 7-2020
VP Product Engineering at Dealer Inspire
10-2017 - 12-2018
Director of Inventory Engineering at Dealer Inspire

Education

2003 - 2007
BS in Information Technology from Florida State University

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Insights For Selling To Kerry

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Look like someone who is on top of their game
  • Focus on the big picture and the strategic value of your product
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but insert some anecdotes into it

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don’t keep repeating the same information, it could make them impatient

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kerry is

  • Belief in the value of the product, relationship and a sense of accomplishment matter the most.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kerry

  • They are not shy of saying no if they do not develop trust in your product.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kerry move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Kerry take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Kerry

Personality Compatibility


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