Christopher Black

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director, Research Computing at New York Genome Center

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Christopher Black is the Director of Research Computing at the New York Genome Center, where he leads a team managing large-scale high-performance computing and petabyte-scale data storage. An experienced sysadmin and programmer specializing in biotech, he holds certifications in Google Cloud infrastructure.

There is no publicly available information regarding Christophers personal life or hobbies. His interests appear focused on his educational institutions, the University of Florida and Edgewood University.

He is responsible for an environment with thousands of computing cores and tens of petabytes of data.

Personality Overview

Relationship Oriented

Enthusiastic

Informal

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.

Topics They Care About

High-Performance Computing
He leads a team responsible for a large high-performance computing environment with thousands of cores to support genomic research.
Large-Scale Storage
His role includes proposing, architecting, and managing data storage environments that scale to tens of petabytes.
Research Infrastructure
He specializes in proposing, budgeting, and implementing upgrades and new systems for large-scale biotech and research applications.

Media Appearances

Christopher has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2016
Director, Research Computing at New York Genome Center
1-2014 - 4-2016
Assistant Director, High Performance Computing at New York Genome Center
12-2008 - 1-2014
UNIX System Administrator at Roche NimbleGen Inc.
7-1995 - 7-1996
IT Support at University of Florida
Senior Analyst at EraGen Biosciences

Education

2008 - 2012
Bachelor's degree from Edgewood University
1994 - 1996
Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Florida

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 18 Location : New York, New York, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director, Research Computing at New York Genome Center
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Christopher

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side
  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller
  • Avoid cutting into their flow
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christopher is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christopher

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christopher move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Christopher take some risk or not?

  • They can take certain risks that are unlikely to have personal consequences.

You And Christopher

Personality Compatibility


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.