Ville Svärd

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Director of Engineering at Mentimeter

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Overview

As Director of Engineering at Mentimeter, Ville Svärd leads teams in developer experience, site reliability, and cloud infrastructure. With a background scaling organizations and a Masters from Uppsala University, he is an expert in creating effective systems of software and people. Colleagues describe him as immensely helpful, resourceful, and humble.

Ville is passionate about software and its delivery, showing a keen interest in learning from technical challenges like cloud outages and staying current on topics like Large Language Models. During career transitions, he prioritizes time to relax and pursue personal hobbies.

He holds a unique "Perfect Dispense Training Programme" certification, an unusual and interesting qualification for a Director of Engineering.

Personality Overview

Curious

Assertive

Example Seeker

They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Topics They Care About

Developer Experience
A core part of his current role at Mentimeter is leading teams to enhance developer platforms and improve the overall engineering environment.
Cloud Infrastructure
He is responsible for cloud infrastructure and vendor management at Mentimeter and shows a public interest in learning from major cloud provider outages.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He was instrumental in growing his previous organization, Funnel, from eight to over twenty-five engineering teams, demonstrating experience in hyper-growth environments.

Media Appearances

Ville has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2024
Director of Engineering at Mentimeter
2-2024 - 4-2024
Career transition at Career Break
4-2019 - 1-2024
Deputy CTO at Funnel
8-2018 - 3-2019
Consultant at Spotify
1-2011 - 3-2019
Consultant at Agical AB

Education

1995 - 2000
Master of Science (M.Sc.) from Uppsala University
1998 - 1998
Informatik from University of Stuttgart

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Exp : 14 Location : Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Engineering at Mentimeter
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Insights For Selling To Ville

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ville is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ville

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ville move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Ville take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Ville

Personality Compatibility


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