Thomas Hopkins

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VP of Engineering at Getro

United Kingdom

Overview

Thomas Hopkins is the VP of Engineering at Getro, where he leverages AI and LLM technologies to drive product innovation. Described by colleagues as a calm, humble, and a true servant leader, he scaled the engineering organization through 4x revenue growth. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southampton.

He developed LLM-powered data pipelines that successfully reduced unit costs by a factor of three.

Personality Overview

Risk-Taker

Very Quick

Strong-Willed

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Topics They Care About

AI & LLM Integration
He is passionate about harnessing AI and LLM technologies to enrich products, automate workflows, and accelerate developer velocity.
Scaling Tech Teams
He has direct experience scaling an engineering organization to support 4x revenue growth, focusing on building high-performing, AI-native teams with 100% retention.
AI-assisted Coding
He follows and shares thoughtful takes on how AI is reshaping software development, particularly the practical challenges and opportunities of AI-assisted coding.

Media Appearances

Thomas has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2023
VP of Engineering at Getro
9-2021 - 11-2023
Director of Engineering at Getro
7-2020 - 12-2021
Software Engineering Manager at Getro
2-2018 - 5-2020
Engineering Team Lead, Strategic & Integrations at Conversocial
8-2017 - 2-2018
Engineering Team Lead, Crowds Platform at Conversocial

Education

2011 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from University of Southampton
A Levels from Ferndown Upper School

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Insights For Selling To Thomas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Thomas is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Thomas

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Thomas move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Thomas take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Thomas

Personality Compatibility


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