Chris Dymond

Observer
DISC Type : ci

Manager Identity Engineering at Rio Tinto

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Overview

Chris Dymond is the IAM Engineering Manager at Rio Tinto, where he leads identity and access management strategy across key platforms like Microsoft Entra ID and SailPoint. He leverages his background in software engineering and cloud platforms to deliver secure, scalable solutions. He holds a bachelors degree from The University of Western Australia.

He created and maintains a popular open-source collection of Azure architecture icons to help professionals create consistent diagrams.

Personality Overview

Curious

Assertive

Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

Modern Identity Security
Leads the identity engineering team at Rio Tinto, focusing on Microsoft Entra ID, CyberArk, and SailPoint to enhance cyber resilience and enable a secure digital workplace.
Azure Architecture
Demonstrates a passion for the Azure ecosystem by creating and maintaining a public, open-source library of Azure architecture icons for diagrams. net (draw. io).
PowerShell Automation
Publishes technical walkthroughs and code examples for using Microsoft Graph PowerShell, showing a hands-on approach to automation for identity and access management tasks.

Media Appearances

Chris has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Manager Identity Engineering at Rio Tinto
5-2024 - 10-2024
Identity and Access Management Lead (Acting) at Rio Tinto
8-2023 - 5-2025
Senior Specialist Modern Access at Rio Tinto
9-2022 - 8-2023
Platform Cyber Specialist at Woodside Energy
9-2021 - 9-2022
Identity and Access Management Technical Specialist at Woodside Energy

Education

2007 - 2012
Bachelor's degree from The University of Western Australia

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 20 Location : Perth, Western Australia, Australia Job Level : Middle Designation : Manager Identity Engineering at Rio Tinto
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals
  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Chris

Personality Compatibility


Other Rio Tinto Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.