Chris Gabriel

CEO

Newbury, England, United Kingdom33 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in digital transformation leadership.
Expert in go-to-market strategies and positioning.
Strong advocate for innovation and strategic storytelling.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B technology leader specializing in digital transformation and strategic marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Go-to-market StrategyMarketing StrategyProcess AutomationLeadershipDigital Marketing

Other Skills

Account ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analyst RelationsAutomation AnywhereBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness InnovationBusiness StrategyChannelChannel PartnersCisco NetworkingCisco Systems ProductsCloud ComputingCybersecurityData Center

About

Career inspiring people and businesses to transform through technology. Spend as much time as possible listening to customers and understanding their passion for their business and communicating the possibilities for using technology to achieve outcomes. Senior leader in the technology industry passionate and proven in helping board leadership in both channel partners and vendors define and execute go to market, technology, solutions and services strategies that deliver outstanding growth results. Passionate advocate of strategic positioning and storytelling.

Experience

Sapphire systems

3 roles

Executive, Head of Marketing & Innovation UK&I

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

Executive, Head of Marketing and Innovation at NTT Data Business Solutions UK&I responsible for GTM, positioning and innovation for the UK&I Enterprise and Mid-Market, helping organisations focus their operational energy on the outcomes that drive value in their business.

Go-to-market StrategyMarketing StrategyProposition DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentTechnology LeadershipBusiness Strategy+3

Chief Strategy Officer

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Leading the strategy, technology, GTM and marketing execution for Sapphire as we transform the operational and digital transformation capabilities of our customers.
Working with ServiceNow, SAP, Automation Anywhere, HxGN, AWS and Infor SunSystems to deliver transformational digital change and outcomes.

Process AutomationLeadershipAutomation AnywhereDigital MarketingMarketing StrategyPrivate Equity

Chief Technology Officer

Dec 2020 – Aug 2021 · 8 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Leading the transformation of Sapphire to serve the transformation needs of mid-market and lower enterprise customers. Responsible for strategy, GTM, M&A strategy, portfolio development.
With 4 acquisitions completed in the first 14 months.
Double digital organic growth.
Successful development of automation and analytics practices.
Development and execution of new GTM.
Acquisition of UK's fastest growing ServiceNow partner.

LeadershipDigital MarketingMarketing StrategyPrivate Equity

Logicalis uk

2 roles

Chief Technology and Marketing Officer

Promoted

Aug 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

Chief Technology and Marketing Officer UK
All things strategy, go to market, marketing, advisory services, and strategic partnerships enabling our customers to accelerate their businesses digital strategy; Adaptable Digital Platforms [Cloud, Networking, Security], Data and IoT. Breaking down the silos between business and IT and connecting the digital domains that build platforms for the future.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure

Director of CIsco Solutions

Mar 2019 – Jan 2020 · 10 mos

All things Cisco Strategy, GTM, Partnership and Enablement at Logicalis UK. Working directly with major Cisco customers to define their digital transformation strategy. Proud to be part of one of a handful of Cisco Global Gold Partners and focussed on accelerating our UK partnership.

Infrastructure

Roc technologies

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Feb 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom

CDO at one of the UKs fastest growing digital transformation services providers. Managed Services, Cloud, Process Automation, Networking, Security and Disruption.

InfrastructurePrivate Equity

Techpulse group

Chief Digital Officer (Non Exec)

Apr 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · newbury

Non Executive CDO at UKs fast-growing channel services providers Techpulse Group.

Infrastructure

Logicalis europe

2 roles

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

CDO for Logicalis Europe and speaker on Digital. Working across Logicalis European businesses to help deliver strategy and GTM support to drive growth, portfolio development, vendor alignment and customer value engagement. Excited by the possibilities of digital and passionate about digital modernisation programmes. Always happy to speak at events or provide opinion or comment pieces to on and offline publications.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Sep 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Proud to be CTO and of Logicalis Group and being able to share the insight of colleagues, customers and business partners. CTO in one of the world's leading systems integrators, leading strategic direction, analyst relations, vendor engagement, and analyst relations across our group operating companies. Focussing on strategic growth across our portfolio in communications, collaboration, cloud, data centre, cyber security, and IoT. Partnering with Cisco, IBM, NetApp, ServiceNow, HPE to deliver GTM strategic support and transformational change.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure

Logicalis uk

Chief Marketing Officer

Aug 2014 – Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos · UK

CMO and CTO of Logicalis UK, responsible for all things strategy and go to market and marketing.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure

Logicalis

2 roles

Group VP of Solutions Management

Feb 2012 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

Logicalis Group VP of Solutions Management. Now working with all of my international colleagues and our key vendor partners to solidify Logicalis' core solutions and service propositions.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure

UK&I Director of Marketing and Solutions

Jan 2006 – Mar 2012 · 6 yrs 2 mos

Responsible to lead the UK&I business solutions, go to market, and marketing function across our core portfolio, working as part of the UK leadership team. Supporting our businesses growth in networking, collaboration, cyber security, cloud and data centre solutions and services, supporting our sales growth and service portfolio development.

Digital MarketingInfrastructure