Warren Willis-Bray

Energizer
DISC Type : I

VP Engineering, Data & Platform at Onclusive

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Warren Willis-Bray is an experienced VP of Engineering skilled in delivering complex, iterative solutions that drive business value. He has a track record of leading distributed teams and standardizing development approaches across diverse industries. Colleagues describe him as hardworking, approachable, and professional.

He holds both PMI Agile Certified Practitioner and Microsoft Certified Application Developer certifications.

A unique aspect of his career is his leadership experience across varied sectors, including data intelligence, banking, and the luxury goods industry.

Personality Overview

Informal

Imaginative

Believer

They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.  They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Engineering Teams
His roles at Onclusive and GfK focused on scaling engineering functions responsibly to support ambitious company growth plans.
Cloud-Native Architecture
He has a deep appreciation for the reliability, scalability, and cost management of cloud-native environments, a key focus in his current role at Onclusive.
DevOps & SRE
His background includes roles as Head of Site Reliability Engineering and Head of DevOps/DevSecOps, where he implemented CI/CD pipelines and led infrastructure engineers.

Media Appearances

Warren has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2022
VP Engineering, Data & Platform at Onclusive
2-2021 - 6-2022
Head of Site Reliability Engineering at GfK
8-2019 - 11-2020
Head Of Technology at De Beers Group
2-2018 - 4-2019
Head of Development at Shawbrook Bank
3-2017 - 2-2018
Head Of Development at Broadgate Estates

Education

Education details unavailable from King Edwards High

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Exp : 8 Location : Leeds, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Senior Designation : VP Engineering, Data & Platform at Onclusive
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Insights For Selling To Warren

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers

DONT's

  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first
  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Warren is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Warren

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Warren move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Warren take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Warren

Personality Compatibility


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