Stephen Ecker

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Systems Engineer / Software developer at Amazon

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States

Overview

Stephen is a Software Architect with a diverse background in security engineering at Toyota, robotics platform development at Amazon, and video-based educational software. He is a vocal proponent of maintaining experienced in-house architects to prevent the accumulation of technical debt from outsourced projects.

His passion for software architecture extends beyond his professional roles, demonstrated by his long-term personal project, Vproc. This sophisticated framework for managing video feeds showcases his dedication to building brilliantly architected, portable code from the ground up.

He is the creator of Vproc, a personal video processing framework he started developing almost a decade ago.

Personality Overview

Achievment Oriented

Generous

Confident & Optimistic

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something.  They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

In-house Architecture
Strongly advocates for experienced in-house architects, believing that outsourcing development leads to significant long-term technical debt and is detrimental to a project's future.
Avoiding Technical Debt
He has explicitly warned that outsourced projects, while meeting initial requirements, often become nightmares to expand upon due to high technical debt.
Video Processing
Developed "Vproc, " a personal framework for video transcoding, resizing, and filtering, and previously worked on video-based educational software.

Media Appearances

Stephen has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2024 - 7-2025
Systems Engineer / Software developer at Amazon
5-2023 - 2-2024
Software Developer at Bluechip Insights
6-2022 - 3-2023
Software Developer at CrossBraining
3-2020 - 4-2022
Security Engineer at Toyota North America
9-2018 - 9-2019
Software Architect at ICSynergy

Education

Stephen has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Stephen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Refer to testimonials from well known people to highlight the value of your product
  • Acknowledge their status and position during the conversation
  • Look like someone who is on top of their game

DONT's

  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Stephen is

  • Belief in the value of the product, relationship and a sense of accomplishment matter the most.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Stephen

  • They are not shy of saying no if they do not develop trust in your product.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Stephen move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Stephen take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Stephen

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