Chris Redding

Experience

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  Gift Fundraising

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2011

  Deputy Fundraising Manager

  Fundraising agency employing 350+ people, providing face to face fundraising services to small, medium and large brand charities in the UK. My role involved recruiting, training and managing a team of around 40 people to develop their skills and meet ongoing individual and group targets.

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  Softcat plc

  Jul 2011 - now

  One of Softcat's five technology propositions, Hybrid Platforms refers to the technology platforms that support applications and data. Most organisations use a combination of on-premise and cloud technology to support their services. Softcat can help select the right blend for your requirements, balancing efficiency, innovation and cost. With industry-leading partnerships and services, we have the expertise to help navigate complex choices.I am responsible for two high-performance specialist sales teams; Datacentre and Cloud. These teams collaborate to support customers, bringing subject matter expertise in two distinct but related areas of technology. Show less I maintain an overview of the datacentre technology market, including: servers, storage, storage fabric, backup, disaster recovery, hosted infrastructure, management & automation.My role is to understand the business and technical requirements of our customers, advise best-fit technologies and lead solution design. We can architect, implement and support infrastructure solutions. Few other providers can offer such a complete service. Softcat's commitment to happy, motivated staff means we approach our work with a positive and professional attitude and have outstanding levels of customer satisfaction. Show less Softcat is a leading provider of software licensing, hardware, security and related IT services to the corporate and public sector. We strive to motivate our workforce to deliver outstanding levels of service to help our customers achieve their goals.As an Account Manager I was a member of a highly successful IT channel sales team in one of the industry's most successful resellers. This was a role with a large amount of freedom where I was encouraged to develop my own business and manage my customers as I saw fit.I transacted many hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of business to meet aggressive and growing targets, gaining experience in business communication and relationship building. I was responsible for the complete sales cycle, from prospecting to closing, and developed a detailed understanding of a range of key technologies like Microsoft and VMware. Show less

  • Head of Hybrid Platforms

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Sales Manager - Public Sector Specialists

    Oct 2018 - Aug 2024

  • Datacentre Sales Specialist

    Feb 2013 - Oct 2018

  • Account Manager

    Jul 2011 - Feb 2013