Darren Blakey
Person
Linthorpe Trade Supplies · champion
Darren Blakey is the CRM champion and day-to-day contact at Linthorpe Trade Supplies on Starter. He has been on every stage since discovery and raises usage, tickets and renewal topics, but the Finance Director holds the price decision.
Who they are
Insight
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Darren Blakey is the CRM champion and day-to-day contact at Linthorpe Trade Supplies on Starter. He has been on every stage since discovery and raises usage, tickets and renewal topics, but the Finance Director holds the price decision.
Role: Sales Operations Manager and CRM champion, present from the 5 Apr 2024 discovery call through the 25 Aug 2026 check-in. He is the main ticket reporter and the voice of the credit-query use case.
Influence: he shapes adoption and the value case. Pauline Metcalfe, Finance Director, decides on price: on the 8 Jul 2026 call she called the increase steeper than hoped.
Watch: usage fell after the champion left in December and an admin left in June. Darren said he does not want to lose the brain, and a new owner is still to be named. The evidence does not show whether the Starter renewal was signed.
CRM records
| Organisation | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linthorpe Trade Supplies | Sales Operations Manager | champion | darren.blakey@linthorpe.example |
Activity
- 25 Aug 2026callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Check In
- 21 Aug 2026email threadHow are you getting on?
- 22 Jul 2026ticketData refresh down - urgent
- 8 Jul 2026callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Renewal
+2 - 2 Jun 2026ticketDashboard not loading
- 20 May 2026dealLinthorpe Trade Supplies – Renewal
- 12 Jan 2026callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Check In
- 21 Jul 2025callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Renewal+2
- 23 May 2025callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Check In
- 20 May 2025dealLinthorpe Trade Supplies – Renewal
- 15 May 2025email threadQuick check-in
- 28 Apr 2025ticketHow do I build a dashboard?
- 2 Apr 2025ticketSearch displaying wrong results
- 20 Sep 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Training
- 19 Sep 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Onboarding
- 4 Sep 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Onboarding
- 22 Aug 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Kickoff
- 20 Aug 2024email threadScheduling: implementation kickoff
- 6 Jun 2024email threadProposal, Starter plan
- 6 Jun 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Proposal
- 2 May 2024email threadDemo follow-up
+1 - 2 May 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Demo+1
- 9 Apr 2024email threadFollowing up: demo for Linthorpe
- 5 Apr 2024callLinthorpe Trade Supplies / BG-Demo – Discovery
- 27 Feb 2024dealLinthorpe Trade Supplies – New