Rod Slater
Freelance at Exertis UK
Basingstoke and Deane, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRod Slater is a seasoned channel marketing and smart tech specialist with over 26 years’ experience building distribution strategies, negotiating manufacturer partnerships, and launching new business units to commercial success. As Head of Smart Tech & IoT and later Head of Innovation at Exertis UK, he created the Smart Tech business from scratch, secured a 90% market share, and launched a profitable sustainable energy brand. He combines deep practical knowledge of 3PL, e-commerce and service delivery with hands-on smart home experience—having developed and lived in a voice-assisted smart home—and an early hobbyist pedigree that started on a Commodore PET. Rod is skilled at turning emerging product trends into scalable channel opportunities and has a knack for spotting three untapped market plays others often miss. Now freelancing from Basingstoke, he offers a rare blend of commercial drive, technical curiosity, and operational delivery for companies seeking rapid channel growth.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Salesians College, Chertsey
English
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Github Skills (71)
python10
automation10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
editor10
home-automation10
electron10
typescript10
garden10
vscode-extension10
iot10
certificate10
google10
vscode10
microsoft10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rodders99/rodders99.github.io
May 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
rodders99/ha-broker
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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