Nik Horvat

Critic
DISC Type : C

Senior System Engineer at Axuall, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Overview

Nik Horvat is a Senior Systems Engineer at Axuall, Inc. with extensive experience in Site Reliability Engineering and application management from his tenure at Dealer Tire. He is adept at designing and implementing solutions, managing servers, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver optimal results.

He holds both Advanced and standard Certified Scrum Developer certifications, showcasing his expertise in agile development frameworks.

Personality Overview

ROI Driven

Precise

Negotiator

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

Site Reliability Engineering
Held progressive SRE roles at Dealer Tire, indicating a deep focus on system automation, reliability, and performance at scale.
Agile Methodologies
His Advanced Certified Scrum Developer certification highlights a strong commitment to agile principles and development practices.
Cloud Infrastructure
Completed Oracle courses on Exalogic Elastic Cloud systems, showing a technical foundation in enterprise cloud environments.

Media Appearances

Nik has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2022
Senior System Engineer at Axuall, Inc.
5-2019 - 3-2022
Sr. SRE at Dealer Tire
1-2019 - 5-2019
SRE at Dealer Tire
12-2015 - 1-2019
Senior Middleware Specialist at Dealer Tire
3-2015 - 12-2015
Linux Support Engineer at PNC

Education

Education details unavailable from Cleveland State University

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Exp : 19 Location : Cleveland, Ohio, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Senior System Engineer at Axuall, Inc.
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Insights For Selling To Nik

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nik is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nik move?

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

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

You And Nik

Personality Compatibility


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