Chet Cruce

About Chet Cruce

The IT industry seems to have one constant: change. IT departments juggle the challenges of limited resources, tight budgets and big business goals. A trusted partner like SHI can support and drive IT\'s efforts with our value-adding strategies and resources. I coordinate with SHI\'s specialists on behalf of customers to find solutions fitting their needs. Despite the ever-changing marketplace, our teams stay trained on best-in-breed vendors along with emerging technologies. This vendor-agnostic approach means you get feedback on the best-fit option. Whether in the data center, with commodity hardware, for software procurement and/or dealing with Microsoft agreements, I ensure we prioritize your needs, meet criteria and procure hardware & software in the most cost effective way. My customers appreciate the SHI approach and work with me because I\'m proactive, responsive, accountable, and bring a positive personality to the partnership. Areas of focus- Project management for IT initiatives (action timeline to ensure success, proposal preparation, ROI/TCO analysis, etc)- Industry-leading Microsoft agreement management (EA, MPSA, Select/Select Plus, Open)- Data center solution finding (cloud, servers, storage, virtualization, networking, backup, etc)- Proactive and strategic software/hardware practice (leveraging vendor EOY/EOQ, single & bulk purchasing, volume pricing, sourcing, renewal management)- Cisco SMARTnet management (cost minimization, contract consolidation, maintenance cotermination)- Lifecycle and professional services (migrations, implementations & deployments, hardware warehousing, imaging / asset tagging / etching, asset disposal, etc)

Experience

1. Regional Alliance Manager - Tola

   Zscaler

   Jul 2021 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Oklahoma State University

  Bachelor's degree, Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Retail
• Account Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Event Planning
• Time Management
• Software Industry
• Salesforce.com
• Inventory Management
• Sales Retention
• Social Media
• Training
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Program Management
• Marketing
• Microsoft Word
• Cloud Computing
• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Software Sales
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel