Christopher Benes

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Senior Vice President, Global Site Reliability Engineering and Cloud Operations at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)

Greater Chicago Area, United States

Overview

Christopher leads Global Site Reliability Engineering and Cloud Operations at DFIN, specializing in scaling SaaS platforms in Azure. A Purdue University graduate with a B. S. in Computer Science, he has extensive experience in technology leadership. Colleagues describe him as an "innovation solver, " "creative, " and a "results-oriented" leader.

Outside of work, Christopher lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two sons. He enjoys playing hockey and has completed comedic improv training at Second City. He is also active in his community, having volunteered for Catholic Charities and served as President of the Purdue College of Science Alumni Board.

Unique fact: Christopher completed comedic improv training at Chicagos famous Second City.

Personality Overview

Friendly But Fast

Assertive

Persuasive

They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship.  They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They like to keep things under control.

Topics They Care About

Site Reliability & Cloud Ops
As SVP at DFIN, he leads the global SRE and Cloud Operations teams, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance for SaaS products on Azure.
Scaling Tech Organizations
His career demonstrates a clear trajectory of building and leading high-performing software engineering organizations at DFIN, Relativity, and Shure.
Entrepreneurship
He co-founded and ran rVibe, an online virtual training business, building it into a self-sufficient company with multi-million dollar revenue over six years.

Media Appearances

Christopher has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2024
Senior Vice President, Global Site Reliability Engineering and Cloud Operations at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
12-2021 - 6-2024
Head of Global Site Reliability Engineering at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
5-2018 - 11-2021
Vice President Technology at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
12-2015 - 3-2018
Senior Software Development Manager at Relativity
4-2010 - 12-2015
Co-Founder at rVibe

Education

1988 - 1993
B.S. from Purdue University

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Insights For Selling To Christopher

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about yourself and some of your achievements at the start of the conversation
  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention
  • Help them visualize the impact of their decision

DONT's

  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill
  • Don’t hesitate from asking them how they truly feel about your product
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christopher is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christopher

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no albeit in a friendly manner.


Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christopher move?

  • They can reach decisions quickly if they develop trust and confidence in the product.
  • Can Christopher take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if necessary.

You And Christopher

Personality Compatibility


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