Sharath Jagadish

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India18 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15 years of experience in technology sales.
  • Expert in key account management and strategic growth.
  • Strong focus on customer experience and sales ethics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS sales expert with extensive experience in B2B technology solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipGo-to-market StrategySales And MarketingInternational Business

Other Skills

Account ManagementB2BB2B MarketingBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyCRMChannelChannel PartnersChannel SalesCloud ComputingCustomer AcquisitionCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Customer SatisfactionDirect SalesE-commerce

About

In the last 15 years of managing sales, key accounts and strategy, I have focussed on the growth and evolution of technology and it's application within my customers. Being a part of every stage of a prospect's lifecycle into becoming a customer has allowed me to map challenges to solutions and deliver scalable value. I am perceived as an advisor prioritizing customer's, followed by the company's (in that particular order). Here's a brief about me: > Ambitious Sales professional with experience in Technology Sales, Key Account Management, Strategic Growth & Planning, and Solution Selling > Track record of selling complex technology solutions and products within customer's ecosystem > Experience in working with customers who are industry agnostic across India, APAC and North America > Ability to map challenges per customer's title/role and propose solution per it's value > Maniacal focus on customer experience, sales ethics and preperation > Ability to understand diverse buying culture of different geographies and industry verticals Competencies: Key Account Management, Sales, Cloud Sales, Consultative Sales, Regional Sales, Delivery Management, Training, Strategic Growth, Business Development, Team Building & Management, BPI, Branding, Solution Selling, Account Mapping, Strategy Planning, Value Selling, Contract Negotiations, Complex Deals, High-End Sales, International Sales, Direct Sales.

Experience

G2

2 roles

Senior Director, Global Digital Business

Promoted

Feb 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Hybrid

LeadershipInternational BusinessTeam ManagementGo-to-market StrategyMarketing Strategy

Director Sales, APAC

Jan 2022Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Hybrid

International BusinessB2B MarketingMarketing StrategySales and MarketingLeadership

Hackerrank

3 roles

Global Business Manager - Enterprise

Jun 2018Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

International BusinessMarketing StrategySales and MarketingLeadership

Enterprise Business Manager - India and APAC

Promoted

Apr 2016Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

International BusinessMarketing StrategySales and Marketing

Business Manager - Mid Markets

Oct 2015Apr 2016 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Connecting with companies across verticals to help them in tech hiring
  • Spearheading marketshare acquisition in mid-segments
  • Devising strategies to help SMB customers to leverage HackerRank's platform to quantify technical capabilities
  • Mentoring sales practices internally to deliver customer success
International BusinessSales and Marketing

Linkedin

Sales Manager - Talent Solutions

Sep 2014Sep 2015 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Managing the Staffing&Search firm business in South India for LinkedIn
  • Helping my customers partner with LinkedIn at a corporate level to:
  • <>Leverage "Social Recruitment" to hire best active and passive talent
  • <> Build a strong "Talent Brand" to fuel consistent talent mapping and servicing
  • <> Adopt "Social Selling" to accelerate new business acquisition
  • Partnering with customers on their "Social Media" GTM strategies from planning-->implementation stage
  • Working closely with Heads of Organization and CXO's to align "Social Media" to their existing processes
  • Advocating the importance of "Social Media" in achieving organization's growth and business objectives
International BusinessSales and Marketing

Akamai technologies

Relationship Manager

Feb 2011May 2014 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Manage, grow and retain revenue for a territory's install base of accounts in North America. Running it like an autonomous business
  • Own complete end-to-end Sales cycle. Involves Pre-sales, Consulting and Account Management.
  • Manage implementation of services and ensure 100% utilization of contracted services (project management, credit requests, invoice reviews, monitor usage, etc.)
  • Create and deliver reports that details service usage, summarize professional services delivered, highlight new platform components and identify next steps for the named accounts
  • Up-sell/Cross-sell additional products and services within the install base of customers and growing the existing revenue base by at least 20-25%.
International BusinessSales and Marketing

Metricstream

Manager,Sales - GRC Solutions

Feb 2010Feb 2011 · 1 yr

  • Qualifying prospects for real opportunities/ projects in GRC/IT GRC space
  • Account Management on existing customers for growing and sustaining the account
  • Continuously interacting and working with Field Sales in US to win opportunities
  • Managing territorial responsibilities and generating new business opportunities across industry verticals
  • Demonstrating the product (functionally) online or onsite, as and when required
  • Participating in marketing campaigns with strategies for increasing quality leads
  • Working with the marketing and pre-sales team in RFP/RFI responses for opportunities
  • Handling the BFSI vertical predominantly, followed by industry specific solutions
International BusinessSales and Marketing

Aayuja inc

Business Development-Inside Sales

Mar 2008Aug 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos

  •  Integral part of complimenting our business model – Sales Acceleration Services - and become an extension of sales teams of technology companies, through out the globe
  •  Responsible for process billing efficiency, team and individual quota, reporting, client relationship management, forecasting the pipeline for annual and quarterly numbers, MIS reporting, retaining and growing existing customers
  •  Business and process training and creating rebuttals and sales play-books
  •  Client interactions on behalf of the team for ensuring harmony in the SLA’s and KRA’s and instrumental in client relationship management
  •  Developing strategic sales (rebuttals and approach) and marketing strategies customized per project for the improvement of the process and growth
  •  Managing and performing funnel and pipeline analysis for better forecasting of sales and business numbers
  • Our intense commitment is to ensure 100-percent customer satisfaction.
International BusinessSales and Marketing

Dell

Senior Sales Associate - Business Development

Aug 2006Mar 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos

  •  Handling Multi Region Customers and hence marketing and selling ink cartridges, toner cartridges, printers and wireless routers and Software and Peripherals
  •  Achieve the Customer Experience score on every call
  •  Develop personal and Organizational competencies of Dealing with Ambiguity, Drive for Results, Analytical Skills, Selling Skills and Customer Support
  •  Certified to handle customers of different geographies like ANZ, US, U.K &amp; Ireland
  •  Review statistical reporting to ensure that customer specifications &amp; process service delivery standards are executed in a timely manner
  •  Liaise with the internal audit team on monthly discussions and calibrations

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Executive MBA — International Business

Jan 2020Jan 2021

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Engineer's Degree

Jan 2002Jan 2006

MES Kishore Kenndra

Pre University — PCMB

Jan 2000Jan 2002

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