Chris Hills

Supports a portfolio of marine businesses in revenue growth, pipeline development, and go-to-market activities. Manages sales and marketing for yacht charters and develops scalable business hub models.

Provides outsourced commercial and business development support to marine businesses. Designs and runs business development programs, acts as a flexible fractional sales and marketing function, and supports revenue growth and go-to-market activities.

Established online contractor management for property companies, managing contractors and compliance providers. Scaled the business operation and supported property managers and self-managed blocks.

Grew a residential block and estate management firm from a Croydon-based operation to a three-office business managing up to 380 residential blocks in southern England. Achieved ARMA accreditation and FCA registration, leading to a successful exit via trade sale.

Founded and led IT services business from concept to profitable operation. Built a team of 13 staff and served SME and larger clients in Sydney.

Delivered commercialisation, growth, and funding strategies for Australian technology companies. Operated as an online business marketing consultancy and became a NSW Government-accredited business broker.

Led business development initiatives for the mobile computing division, restructuring distribution channels and expanding into the small business market. Managed government tendering functions and drove multi-million dollar business growth.

Managed product marketing for the Ingres database range in Australia and New Zealand, later overseeing all marketing activities.

Managed product management for the dBASE range and the Ashton-Tate/Microsoft SQL Server products.

Established the European Network Support Group, led product marketing and launches for dBASE and SQL Server products in the UK.