Sergei Akimov

Enigma
DISC Type : dic

Senior Director of Engineering at Roofstock

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Overview

Sergei Akimov is a Senior Director of Engineering at Roofstock with over 15 years of experience building scalable and resilient cloud applications. His expertise spans multiple technology stacks, including Java and DevOps. Colleagues describe him as a highly experienced developer and an excellent manager, skilled at motivating teams to achieve company goals.

Based in the Toronto area, Sergei has a passion for creating developer-friendly infrastructure to accelerate feature delivery. He holds a Bachelors degree from Voronezh State University and certifications in Generative AI and Finance for Technical Managers.

As a Founding Engineer at his previous company, Mynd, he made foundational technology choices that supported the organizations growth from 0 to over 1000 employees.

Personality Overview

Hard To Convince

Challenger

Fast Follower

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Platform Engineering
He leads the Platform Engineering group at Roofstock and previously established and unified Cloud Infrastructure, SRE, QAOps, and DevEx teams at Mynd.
Scalable Cloud Apps
His career focus is on developing solutions for scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud applications, a consistent theme across his senior roles.
Developer Experience
He has a stated passion for creating developer-friendly infrastructure required to deliver high-quality features as quickly as possible.

Media Appearances

Sergei has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Senior Director of Engineering at Roofstock
5-2024 - 4-2025
Director of Engineering at Roofstock
7-2021 - 5-2024
Director of Engineering at Mynd
8-2019 - 7-2021
Senior Engineering Manager at Mynd
5-2016 - 8-2019
Founding Software Engineer, Engineering Manager at Mynd

Education

2009 - 2013
Bachelor's degree from Voronezh State University

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Insights For Selling To Sergei

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Be prepared for a mix of questions and inquisitiveness, answer them in the tone in which they have been asked
  • Let them lead the discussion, create opportunities for them to speak if they are not very forthcoming

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Avoid long presentations and just 'high-level' value proposition, dive into the details

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sergei is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sergei

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sergei move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Sergei take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Sergei

Personality Compatibility


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