Pepe Akle

Critic
DISC Type : C

Co-Founder at Okani

United States

Overview

Pepe Akle is a serial co-founder and engineering leader with a passion for building and scaling companies from scratch. He co-founded Okani, a preventative healthcare app for Latin America, and previously served as Head of Technology for Nubank in Mexico, where he built the engineering hub. He is an alumnus of Y Combinator and Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Pepes entrepreneurial ventures span from deep tech and fintech to consumer wellness. Before his current focus on healthcare technology with Okani, he co-founded a company that produced and sold bottled juices and smoothies, demonstrating a long-standing interest in health and nutrition.

He has a unique background that combines high-level software engineering leadership at major fintech firms with hands-on experience creating a consumer health beverage company.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Precise

Negotiator

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Topics They Care About

Preventative Healthcare
As the co-founder of Okani, his current venture is focused on helping people in Latin America build healthy habits to avoid chronic diseases through a mobile app.
Scaling Startups
His personal motto is a love for "starting from scratch, creating and scaling self sustaining organizations, " demonstrated by launching Nubank Mexico and co-founding two companies.
Fintech in LatAm
He has extensive experience in the Latin American fintech space, having served as Head of Engineering for Nubank Mexico and Director of Engineering at Resuelve Tu Deuda.

Media Appearances

Pepe has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2021
Co-Founder at Okani
10-2020 - 6-2021
Software Engineer at Superteam
10-2018 - 10-2020
Head of Engineering - Mexico at Nubank
8-2017 - 9-2018
Director Of Engineering at Resuelve Tu Deuda
7-2006
Co Founder at Sin Secretos

Education

6-2021 - 8-2021
S21 from Y Combinator
2002 - 2006
ISC from Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Exp : 19 Location : United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder at Okani
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Insights For Selling To Pepe

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • 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 Pepe is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Pepe

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pepe move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Pepe take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Pepe

Personality Compatibility


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