Kirk Wylie

Trailblazer
DISC Type : DI

Head of Engineering and Interim CTO at Quantifi

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Kirk Wylie is a senior technology leader specializing in financial services, with experience ranging from founding two startups to holding Managing Director roles at UBS and NatWest Markets. He has a proven track record in developing technology solutions for complex business problems, particularly in risk technology and cloud migration. Kirk holds a B. S. from the University of California, Berkeley.

A colleague once humorously noted that Kirk "knows far more about relational database systems than is healthy. "

Personality Overview

Persuasive

Friendly But Fast

Values Relationships

They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation.  A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.

Topics They Care About

Fintech Entrepreneurship
He founded two startups, including OpenGamma, a financial technology company that was successfully acquired by Trading Technologies.
Cloud Migration
At NatWest Markets, he was responsible for the Cloud Platform Engineering team, supporting a strategic move to a public cloud-first deployment model.
Financial Risk Systems
As Head of Risk Technology at UBS's Investment Bank, he was responsible for all of the bank's risk systems and quantitative calculation platforms for derivatives.

Media Appearances

Kirk has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2025
Head of Engineering and Interim CTO at Quantifi
8-2025 - 11-2025
Consultant at Flox
6-2021 - 12-2023
MD, CDIO Investment Bank Head of Risk Technology at UBS
8-2020 - 1-2021
Secondment in Data and Analytics at NatWest Group
12-2019 - 8-2020
MD, Head of Financing and Risk Solutions Technology and Cloud Platform Engineeri at NatWest Markets

Education

1994 - 1998
B.S. from University of California, Berkeley

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Insights For Selling To Kirk

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Address your competition clearly and confidently
  • Help them visualize the impact of their decision
  • Give them control of the sales process

DONT's

  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kirk is

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

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kirk move?

  • If you earn their trust and they develop faith in the product, they can make decisions quickly.
  • Can Kirk take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Kirk

Personality Compatibility


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