Nigel Whiterod

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Group Head of IT at Crown Golf

United Kingdom

Overview

Nigel Whiterod is the Group Head of IT for Crown Golf and St Mellion Estate, overseeing technology strategy and delivery across numerous golf clubs, a hotel, spa, and health club. He successfully migrated core infrastructure to cloud services and is AWS Certified.

Nigel maintains a strong DevOps and SRE mindset, embedding automation and reliability into service delivery. He has a Btec National Diploma from Mid Cornwall College and is interested in the European Space Agency.

People often call Nigel professional, helpful, and knowledgeable, appreciating his leadership and technical skills.

Personality Overview

Full Of Energy

Informal

Imaginative

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are people oriented, friendly and like creating new connections.

Topics They Care About

Cloud Migration
Nigel led the migration of all core infrastructure to cloud services, enabling 90% remote support, improved resilience, and reduced operational risk.
DevOps & SRE
He retains a strong DevOps and SRE mindset, embedding automation, standardisation, and reliability into infrastructure and service delivery.
IT Strategy
Nigel has full accountability for technology strategy, delivery, and budget across 9 golf clubs and the St Mellion Estate.

Media Appearances

Nigel has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2022
Group Head of IT at Crown Golf
3-2022
IT Systems Manager at St. Mellion Estate
12-2016 - 2-2022
Senior Systems Engineer \ Site reliability Engineer at Zoopla
10-2016 - 11-2016
Release and Configuration Manager at Novia Financial Plc
3-2016 - 5-2016
Technical Specialist at Ageas in the UK

Education

1992 - 1994
Btec National Diploma from Mid Cornwall College
1989 - 1992
Education details unavailable from The Roseland Community School, Near Truro

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Insights For Selling To Nigel

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.
  • Be friendly and entertaining in your conversation
  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nigel is

  • Relationship and trust can be vital with them, sometimes more than anything else.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nigel

  • They are unlikely to say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nigel move?

  • They are not the fastest decision makers, their friendly approach can give false positive signals.
  • Can Nigel take some risk or not?

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

You And Nigel

Personality Compatibility


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