Martin Kegel

Critic
DISC Type : C

Engineering Manager at Cognism

Croatia

Overview

Martin is a Data Engineering Manager at Cognism with over five years of experience specializing in building and managing large-scale data pipelines, data lakes, and scalable data architectures. He is proficient in Spark, Scala, and a wide range of AWS services. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.

Outside of his professional life, Martin prioritizes a healthy work-life balance by staying active. He enjoys playing sports, spending time outdoors, and is always open to trying new things and having fun.

He was recently promoted from Data Engineer to his current role as Engineering Manager within Cognism.

Personality Overview

Precise

Information Seeker

Objective Thinker

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

Big Data Processing
He builds big data applications using Scala and Spark to process petabytes of data, highlighting his expertise in handling massive datasets.
Scalable Architectures
His focus is on creating and managing scalable data architectures, with extensive experience using AWS services like EMR, Glue, Athena, and S3.
Engineering Leadership
Following a recent promotion, he is now in an Engineering Manager role, having previously served as a lead developer responsible for mentoring.

Media Appearances

Martin has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2025
Engineering Manager at Cognism
1-2023 - 2-2025
Data Engineer at Cognism
7-2019 - 12-2022
Database Developer at AdScanner
7-2017 - 7-2019
IT Support Technician at Mercury Processing Services International

Education

2017 - 2020
Bachelor's degree from Tehničko veleučilište u Zagrebu - računarstvo
2012 - 2016
High School Diploma from Third Gymnasium Zagreb

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Insights For Selling To Martin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘others just love’ etc.
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Martin is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Martin

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Martin move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Martin take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Martin

Personality Compatibility


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