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Chris Connelly

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VP Strategy & Partnerships at Podium
📍 Queenscliff, New South Wales, Australia

Chris Connelly serves as the VP of Strategy & Partnerships at Podium, bringing 15 years of extensive experience in the global payments industry. His expertise lies in business development, strategic partnerships, and product management. Colleagues have described him as a rational and out-of-the-box thinker.

He is a results-focused leader dedicated to overachieving for his company and its customers. A key focus is promoting AI-driven solutions that provide scalable, well-architected value to businesses. He is also actively involved in recruiting top sales talent to foster Podiums growth and culture.

He has provided expert testimonials for major payment technology companies, including Square and PayPal.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
VP Strategy & Partnerships
Job Level
Senior
Location
Queenscliff, New South Wales, Australia
Personality Overview

How Chris shows up

Driven But Considerate
Friendly But Fast
Dynamic But Sincere

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Chris cares about

Global Payments Strategy
Possesses 15 years of experience defining and executing strategic direction for both online and in-store payments on a global scale.
AI-Powered Solutions
He is a vocal proponent of well-architected AI solutions that scale with business needs, as seen in his promotion of new Podium products.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
VP Strategy & Partnerships
Podium
6-2021
Director Of Business Development & Payments
Podium
1-2021 - 6-2021
Head of Business Development APAC - Consult
Stealth Startup
7-2015 - 2-2021
Snr Director of Payments (Global)
Vend
8-2014 - 4-2015
Snr Product Manager - Payments (Global)
Vend
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2004
Information and communication
Weltech
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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