Steve Peters

Critic
DISC Type : C

Director, Data Engineering at Horizon Next

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Overview

Steve is the Director of Data Engineering at Horizon Next, specializing in data architecture, system integration, and cloud technology. He is an expert in designing and implementing data pipelines and holds an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional certification. He earned his Bachelors degree at City Tech, CUNY.

He is an active member of the data engineering community, frequently connecting with peers at meetups. He values pragmatic, simple solutions to complex problems and believes in deeply understanding a technical approach before implementing it. His professional interests include companies like Google and Symantec.

He has an interesting perspective that many of the best data engineers come from non-traditional backgrounds, like Electrical Engineering.

Personality Overview

Negotiator

Precise

Critic

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.  Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Topics They Care About

Pragmatic Engineering
He advocates for simple, direct solutions over unnecessarily complex ones and emphasizes the importance of understanding code before execution, a lesson from his early developer days.
Scalable Systems
He believes that truly scalable systems are defined by their simplicity and ease of team understanding, rather than by their technical complexity or cleverness.
Developer Productivity
He reflects on the limitations of standard tools like Jira and the need for a "second brain" to better connect ideation, design, and execution for engineers.

Media Appearances

Steve has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2026
Director, Data Engineering at Horizon Next
6-2019 - 2-2026
Manager, Data Engineering at Horizon Next
7-2013 - 6-2019
Lead Data and Integration Engineer at Magellan Health

Education

2011 - 2013
Education details unavailable from New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
2005 - 2010
Bachelor's degree from City Tech, CUNY

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Insights For Selling To Steve

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational
  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Steve is

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

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

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Steve move?

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

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

You And Steve

Personality Compatibility


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