Alex Chidichimo

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Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments

McKinney, Texas, United States

Overview

Alex Chidichimo is a Distinguished Engineer and the Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments. He leads a global team of approximately 80 professionals, overseeing mainframe, server, and storage infrastructure. His expertise lies in modernizing legacy systems and strengthening security, further enhanced by his current pursuit of a Masters in Artificial Intelligence at UT Austin.

Outside of work, Alex is passionate about exploring emerging technologies and deepens his knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure in his personal time. He has a strong connection to his heritage, having recently undertaken a journey to research his family history and successfully obtain Italian citizenship.

After a decade in network security, he made the challenging leap into mainframe technology, a humbling experience he embraced to learn from the ground up.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Precise

ROI Driven

They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.

Topics They Care About

Legacy Modernization
He leads teams through projects modernizing legacy systems, including mainframe hardware refreshes and migrating core security frameworks.
Infrastructure Automation
He has a hands-on history with automation, having developed a system with Ansible that reduced firewall deployment time by 85%.
Applied AI
Currently pursuing a Master's in Artificial Intelligence at UT Austin, showing a clear interest in applying this technology to his field.

Media Appearances

Alex has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments
2-2025 - 9-2025
Director of Mainframe Infrastructure at Texas Instruments
4-2023 - 2-2025
Network Security Manager at Texas Instruments

Education

8-2024 - 8-2026
Masters in Artificial Intelligence from The University of Texas at Austin
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Science from The University of Texas at Dallas

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Insights For Selling To Alex

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Tell them what ROI they can expect

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Alex is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Alex

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Alex move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Alex take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Alex

Personality Compatibility


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