The rare Sales / Biz Dev professional with the soul of a geek.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Senior Sales Consultant at Unanet
- Past
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- Sales / Business Development at Techdirt
- VoIP Consultant at Etherspeak Communications
- Dir Business Development at Lucidea LLC
- Major Account Manager at Qwest Communications
- Account Executive at The Allied Group
- Dir Internet Sales at What's Up Interactive
- Sales Engineer at HomeCom Communications
- Education
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- Georgia State University
- Purdue University
- Kwajalein Jr. / Sr. High School
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Chris O'Donnell’s Summary
Experienced sales executive with deep technical skills. My background includes sales and sales engineering responsibilities for software / web development and consulting services, hardware, packaged software, telecom, and information services to clients ranging from Fortune 500 to start ups.
Chris O'Donnell’s Experience
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Senior Sales Consultant
Unanet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — Present (3 years)
Sold web based project accounting and professional services automation software to primarily federal contractor clients as part of 2-3 person sales team. Served both direct sales and sales engineering role to close projects that included both software and professional services components.
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Sales / Business Development
Techdirt
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Start up venture to develop a corporate version of a Yahoo Answers type of service.
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VoIP Consultant
Etherspeak Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 2004 — June 2005 (9 months)
Part of a 3 person consultancy providing VoIP solutions built around Zultys VoIP equipment. Responsible for all sales related functions, solution development, on site implementation, and after the sale service. Was certified by Zultys for both sales and systems engineering.
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Dir Business Development
Lucidea LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Responsible for all sales activities for boutique software development company focused on the non-profit and membership association market. Typical projects were web integration with iMIS association software and content management based projects, on both the J2EE and .NET platforms.
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Major Account Manager
Qwest Communications
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; q; Internet industry)
January 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 4 months)
Sold Advanced IP Services (Dedicated Web Hosting, Managed Services, DIA, VPN) and web development / consulting services.
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Account Executive
The Allied Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 7 months)
Sold consulting services and Internet infrastructure products (Sun, Netscape, Cisco, Veritas, BMC, Oracle, F5 etc.) to a wide variety of customers, from dot com start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations.
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Dir Internet Sales
What's Up Interactive
(Internet industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year)
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Sales Engineer
HomeCom Communications
(Internet industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
Chris O'Donnell’s Education
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Georgia State University
MBA, 1990 — 1993
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Purdue University
B.S. / A.S., Organizational Leadership / Electrical Engineering Technology, 1985 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Sigma Kappa
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Kwajalein Jr. / Sr. High School
1983 — 1985
Additional Information
Chris O'Donnell’s Groups:
BlogPhiladelphia, PSL, FredLUG
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Technology Sales Professionals member
Chris O'Donnell’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
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