Craig Magee (MAICD)

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ANZ Chief Technology Officer - Splunk at Splunk

Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

Overview

Craig Magee is the ANZ Chief Technology Officer at Splunk, with over 25 years of experience as a senior ICT executive. He specializes in technology and delivery transformation, strategy, and building high-performance teams. He is known for being results-oriented and passionate, with a Member (MAICD) certification from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

As a prominent thought leader, Craig frequently speaks at major industry events like the AFR Summit and Cisco Live. His role involves significant engagement with strategic customers and leaders, including recent travels to keynote a leadership forum in Mumbai, India, demonstrating his commitment to the global technology community.

Unique fact: While presenting a live demo at a Cisco Live Keynote, he experienced a significant technical failure on stage and successfully navigated the challenging situation with transparency and composure.

Personality Overview

Process-Oriented

Slow To Decisions

Good Listener

They are polite and respectful but practical.  They are confident about making long-term decisions. Even if it takes time, they prefer following the process.

Topics They Care About

AI in Cybersecurity
Participated in an AFR Summit panel on "Data driven cyber resilience in the era of AI" and frequently discusses AI challenges with customers and at leadership forums.
Technology Transformation
His entire career and current role focus on leading transformative business outcomes, technology integrations, and strategic change in large organizations.
Executive Communication
A frequent keynote speaker and panelist at major industry conferences, including Cisco Live and Splunk's Leadership Forum, demonstrating strong public speaking skills.

Media Appearances

Craig has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
ANZ Chief Technology Officer - Splunk at Splunk
1-2023 - 8-2024
Divisional CIO & Practice Lead Platforms / Deputy CISO at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
9-2021 - 12-2022
Head of Technology Services and Operations at Transurban
9-2019 - 9-2021
Program Director Cloud at National Australia Bank
3-2016 - 8-2019
CTO Global Head of Planning and Delivery at Computershare

Education

1987 - 1990
Education details unavailable from Monash University

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Insights For Selling To Craig

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on making them comfortable before really commencing the sales motion
  • Unless they are the decision maker, bring other stakeholders into the process early
  • Encourage them to invite other key stakeholders for discussions

DONT's

  • Ensure that you don’t seem disinterested when speaking to them
  • Don’t brush off their concerns, their comfort with you will go down
  • Don’t try to be overly social in the early interactions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Craig is

  • For them, low risk, acceptance by others and strong collaterals are most important.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Craig

  • They never like to say no directly, they postpone the decisions or just go silent.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Craig move?

  • They can be very slow in making decisions.
  • Can Craig take some risk or not?

  • They are very likely to play it safe rather than taking risk.

You And Craig

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