Pete Buckney

Trailblazer
DISC Type : ID

Head of Engineering at Pliant

London Area, United Kingdom

Overview

Pete Buckney is the Head of Engineering at Pliant, known for transforming businesses by scaling small companies into successful ventures. An alumnus of the University of Oxford, he excels at building high-performing engineering teams and bridging the gap between technology and business. Colleagues describe him as an exceptional leader, mentor, passionate, and knowledgeable.

Outside of his tech career, Pete is an avid snowboarder and surfskater, holding certifications as a BASI Snowboard Instructor and a Skateboard GB Coach. He took a career break to spend more time with family and grew a personal project, Concrete Waves London, into a significant community.

He is the founder of Concrete Waves London, which has become Europes largest surfskating community.

Personality Overview

Informal

Values Relationships

Friendly But Fast

A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them.  They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies. They will fight for you if they come to believe in you.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Engineering Teams
He has a strong track record of building world-class product and engineering teams from scratch to over 150 people, as he did at Railsr.
Creativity in Tech
He has delivered multiple talks on cultivating creativity within technical teams, particularly in the context of Domain-Driven Design, to improve problem-solving.
Agile Methodologies
He is a proponent of processes like Spec by Example and TDD, and co-developed the OOPSI model to help discover requirements in agile workshops.

Media Appearances

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Work History

5-2025
Head of Engineering at Pliant
12-2023 - 5-2025
Head of Engineering at hi.health
1-2023 - 11-2023
Career Break
1-2022 - 12-2022
Head Of Engineering - Financial Experience at Railsr
9-2018 - 1-2022
Chief Technology Officer at Railsr

Education

1987 - 1991
BA (Hons) from University of Oxford
1993 - 1994
MSc from De Montfort University

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Insights For Selling To Pete

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them visualize the impact of their decision
  • Give them control of the sales process
  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established

DONT's

  • 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
  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Pete is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Pete move?

  • They can reach decisions quickly if they develop trust and confidence in the product.
  • Can Pete take some risk or not?

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

You And Pete

Personality Compatibility


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