Chris Hill

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VP - IT Application Delivery & Architecture at Western & Southern Financial Group

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Overview

Chris Hill is the VP of IT Application Delivery & Architecture at Western & Southern Financial Group, bringing over 29 years of leadership in technology and business collaboration. He specializes in developing technology roadmaps and delivering solutions that create business value. He holds an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

He is currently driving a major Digital Transformation initiative across the entire enterprise.

Personality Overview

Strategic Planner

Fast-paced

Deliberate Doer

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

Digital Transformation
He is actively leading and hiring for a strategic role focused on driving enterprise-wide Digital Transformation.
IT Strategic Planning
His role involves long-term strategic planning for application development and creating the overall IT Strategy and Technology Roadmap for the organization.
Business Architecture
He has a strong background in business architecture, having introduced a Business Process Management (BPM) framework to a previous organization to align strategy with capabilities.

Media Appearances

Chris Hill – VP, IT Application Delivery & Architecture, Western & Southern Financial Group (Speaker). Featured in AI for Good Summit – International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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Work History

2015
VP - IT Application Delivery & Architecture at Western & Southern Financial Group
2012 - 2015
Head of Application Delivery & IT Architecture at Assurant Health
2011 - 2012
Director of Enterprise Architecture at Coventry Health Care
2011
Business Process Architect - Solutions Delivery at Assurant Health
1-2005 - 5-2009
Director at Allstate

Education

MBA from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1985
B.S from DeVry University

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Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside
  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer

DONT's

  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Chris

Personality Compatibility


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