(()) Chris Watkins

(()) Chris Watkins

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Customer Success Technical Project Manager at Bigtincan

  • Education

    • Big Sandy High School

      1988 - 1992

      Activities and Societies: National Honor Society

    • University of Texas at Tyler

      1995 - 1997
      B.B.A. Business Management

      Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi, National Honor Society; Small Business Institute

    • Tyler Junior College

      1992 - 1994
  • Experience

    • Christian Educational Ministries

      Nov 1996 - Dec 1997
      Media Director

      – Scheduled programs for weekly national radio broadcast on over 90 stations. Restructured fragmented programming schedule creating a more streamlined process– Directed weekly mass duplication and mailing of audio and video tape recordings each week to individuals and church organizations– Coordinator for overseas operations in England and Australia– Developed company operations and procedures manual resulting in consistent processing of orders and donations and fewer errors in daily management of office staff Show less

    • Electronic Data Systems

      Feb 1998 - Nov 2008

      • Supported the employee communications integration team during the $13.9B HP-EDS acquisition managing the portal implementation to communicate to 300,000+ employees• Coordinated 40+ stakeholders across 12 business groups to develop the content inventory, delivery schedule, leadership updates, and implemented processes for content updates• Created the portal information architecture, user experience and security model building the 500-page site in five days with team of three – Managed team of cross-skilled web producers responsible for 5,000+ page corporate intranet site with over 90,000 monthly users for Employee Communications, HR, Sales and Marketing and 40+ supporting applications– Managed internet and intranet presence for 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship event and supported 2008 EDS ‘Behind Success’ ad campaign on EDS.com– Served on advisory board for Web Standards & Usability program leading the template sub-team – infoCentre global site team leader, EDS' main corporate intranet site leading the development and evolution of the website.– Managed the employee portal, my-infoCentre including the Sales Network targeted sales process communication channel.– Founding member of EDS' Web Standards & Usability program serving on advisory board. – Supported corporate wide HR intranet Web sites. Responsible for maintaining and tracking comment’s process of HR issues through Web site and producing monthly executive reports. Assigned work to team members and tracked progress. – Managed development and creation of my-infoCentre, EDS’ first employee portal. Responsible for the continual evolution of my-infoCentre content and user experience. Worked with organizational leaders and communicators to develop to drive adoption.

      • HP/EDS Integration Portal Lead

        May 2008 - Nov 2008
      • Online Consultant/Intranet Manager

        Jan 2007 - May 2008
      • Senior Web Producer

        Jul 2005 - Dec 2006
      • Web Producer

        Feb 1998 - Jun 2005
    • HP

      Nov 2008 - Oct 2015

      • As part of the strategy team, helped drive the charter of the What We Sell sales enablement platform to deliver a single, trusted source for sales collateral • Launched capability for sales teams to create customized and targeted client-facing microsites in less than 10 minutes, supporting $6B in contract opportunity• Created and managed online digital campaigns, targeted client events, ENVISION Summits and U.S. Public Sector Contract Vehicles microsites• Represented Enterprise Services Marketing on the HP.com/Internet Digital Marketing Council, helping set standards in support of HP’s digital ecosystem Show less

      • Enterprise Services Marketing

        Feb 2011 - Oct 2015
      • Web Standards Program Manager

        Nov 2008 - Jan 2011
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
      Project Leader, Sales & Marketing Enablement - What We Sell Platform

      • Managed sales pursuit microsite capability for sales teams to create customized and targeted sales pursuit client-facing microsites supporting $168M in annual contract wins• Contributed to the design and development of What We Sell, which saved $75M in the first eighteen months and supported the increase of Enterprise Services win rate by 8%• Supported migration of the CSC offering content including 400+ pages and 800+ assets during the HPE Enterprise Services and CSC Spin-MergerWhat We Sell is a cloud-based, mobile, sales enablement platform providing instant access for sales to find the latest collateral, messaging, ROI examples and tools. It enables:• Consolidated and consistent content that adheres to strict quality standards• User-friendly, mobile-enabled interface for Sales with universal search and embedded automation• Collaborative go-to-market relationships across business functions Show less

    • DXC Technology

      Apr 2017 - Jun 2021
      Sales & Marketing Enablement - What We Sell

      Part of team that delivers the award-winning What We Sell sales and marketing enablement solution supporting 10,000 sales & support staff and 120,000 employees in 70 countries with all critical go-to-market materials.Define and design sales asset management platform enhancements, automation improvements and integrations. Partner with leading-edge AI start-up to deliver a sales asset management plug-in for Salesforce to deliver materials where sales works the most.What We Sell received the Program of the Year Award for Sales Enablement from SiriusDecisions in 2019. The What We Sell governance model is a published SiriusDecisions Select Practice: A Disciplined Sales Asset Management Approach. Show less

    • Bigtincan

      Jun 2021 - now
      Customer Success Technical Project Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to (()) Chris Watkins
      President's Quality Award Awarded by Meg Whitman, CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Dec 2015 Awarded for the implementation of the "What We Sell" Sales & Marketing Enablement platform.The President's Quality Award is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's premier recognition for teams that demonstrate the highest level of achievements in customer experience, quality excellence, innovation and process excellence. "What We Sell" is the single destination for enterprise services sales teams within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for what to sell and how to sell it. A cloud-based… Show more Awarded for the implementation of the "What We Sell" Sales & Marketing Enablement platform.The President's Quality Award is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's premier recognition for teams that demonstrate the highest level of achievements in customer experience, quality excellence, innovation and process excellence. "What We Sell" is the single destination for enterprise services sales teams within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for what to sell and how to sell it. A cloud-based, mobile-enabled platform provides instant access for services Sales and Account Executives (AEs) to the latest collateral, targeted messaging, ROI examples, and supporting tools, carefully curated to maximize the value of each client and prospect interaction. Show less
    • Awarded to (()) Chris Watkins
      Marketing Excellence Award - Gold - Enabling Sales and SME Channels for Deeper Customer Engagement for What We Sell IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) Nov 2015 Awarded for the implementation of the "What We Sell" Sales & Marketing Enablement platform.ITSMA’s Marketing Excellence Awards recognize excellence in four key aspects of strategic marketing: planning, innovation, execution, and business results."What We Sell" is the single destination for enterprise services sales teams within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for what to sell and how to sell it. A cloud-based, mobile-enabled platform provides instant access for services Sales… Show more Awarded for the implementation of the "What We Sell" Sales & Marketing Enablement platform.ITSMA’s Marketing Excellence Awards recognize excellence in four key aspects of strategic marketing: planning, innovation, execution, and business results."What We Sell" is the single destination for enterprise services sales teams within Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for what to sell and how to sell it. A cloud-based, mobile-enabled platform provides instant access for services Sales and Account Executives (AEs) to the latest collateral, targeted messaging, ROI examples, and supporting tools, carefully curated to maximize the value of each client and prospect interaction. Show less