Rahul Sharma

CEO

Delhi, India22 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 23+ years of technology sales experience
  • Founding member of Snowflake India with 4X YoY growth
  • Led teams to close 75% of 7-figure deals in India
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS sales leader with extensive experience in enterprise technology and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategySales ProcessesBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

Building PerformanceBusiness AlliancesCloud ComputingData CenterEnterprise SoftwareIT Service ManagementITILManaged ServicesRoutingSecurityTeam ManagementTelecommunicationsUnified CommunicationsVendor ManagementVirtualization

About

As a part of the India Leadership Team at Snowflake, currently leading my team and building the business for the Data and AI Cloud for Enterprise clients and largest of Digital Natives in parts of India. Leading a handpicked team of rare, A grade Account Directors that have regularly made it to the Club by focusing on pivots of business impact of technology and the KPIs our customers get measured on.Experience of building productive territories from the ground up by starting, stabilising and growing technology businesses.Doing this for the third time in a row now, working through a matrix organisation to build an ecosystem of sales, partners, marketing, inside sales, customer success.A passionate proponent of building teams focused on value selling. Experience in delivering results by motivating teams ranging from channels, sales, marketing, pre sales to focus on common objectives. Deep experience of the Tech OEM's changing revenue models from on- prem technologies' perpetual licensing to subscription to consumption model of SaaS. Key Highlights>Experience of 23+ years of technology sales across various verticals with a track record in delivering revenue goals.>Excellent experience of territory start up/ expansion- [BMC, ServiceNow India- Founding member, Snowflake- Founding member].>Founding member for Snowflake India- 4X YoY growth in new clients [2021-2022], 5X revenue growth [2021-2022], lead teams to close 66% of all the million dollar deals in the region, closed the largest and second largest enterprise deal to date for Snowflake India [FY25].>Leading Teams that are credited with closing 75% of all 7 figure Enterprise deals of India and acquiring 40% of all of our Unicorn clients.>Founding member for ServiceNow India. 0- Mukti million.USD across North and East India- 3 years. >BMC- Built the market from zero to a million dollars in 2 years, standardised BMC across all India telcos and contributed 40% to India revenue numbers. President's club 2015> Significant team awards- local and global- across decades.>Well versed with standard sales cycles across the domain of SaaS, software, infrastructure including the hidden levers and blindspots.

Experience

Snowflake

2 roles

Director-North + East India Enterprise Business and Head, India Public Sector

Promoted

Feb 2022Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

  • Building large parts of Snowflake's India business by leading a number of high octane, result oriented senior sales professionals. Key focus is on large enterprises, India Public Sector and large unicorns.
Building PerformanceBusiness StrategySales ProcessesTeam Management

Sales Director - North India & East India

Apr 2021Feb 2022 · 10 mos

  • Spearheaded the launch of business operations in North India & East India, securing 15 new logos in the first 4 quarters since start of Business.
  • Ranked as the region head with the top 3 highest logo contributors globally for FY22Q4 and FY23Q1, leading the region into the large enterprise space with marquee logo wins.
Business StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareBuilding PerformanceGo-to-market StrategyBusiness Alliances

Servicenow

Business Head- North India

May 2017Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • Established and led the ServiceNow business in New Delhi, growing it from 0 to 2.5 Mn ARR in two years.
  • Secured major clients like the largest telco and second largest credit card company in India.
  • Developed strategic sales plans and managed a high-performing team to drive business growth.
Building PerformanceBusiness StrategySales Processes

Bmc software

2 roles

India Head- Telecom Business

Promoted

Jan 2014May 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Managed Telecom Vertical business for BMC Software in India, overseeing major telecom accounts and driving revenue growth through strategic account planning.
  • Achieved significant revenue growth and 100% market penetration for BMC within the Telecom sector.
Building PerformanceBusiness StrategySales Processes

Business Manager- Strategic Accounts

Jul 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Developed GTM strategies targeting high touch enterprise accounts for new business.
  • Positioned solutions around IT Service Management, Proactive Operations, and Cloud computing.
  • Evangelized about Cloud computing, Public/ Private/ Hybrid cloud design, and Cloud Lifecycle Management.
Business StrategySales Processes

Juniper networks

Strategic Business Manager- Enterprise North, Juniper Networks

Jun 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Drove Juniper portfolio across High Touch accounts in North and east markets, ensuring direct client engagement.
Sales Processes

Hewlett packard sales india pvt. ltd

Regional Manager- Solutions and Services Sales

Jan 2006Nov 2010 · 4 yrs 10 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Developed strategies for expanding business opportunities by offering complete set of HP Services' solutions including data centre design, networking, and security. Built the business from scratch to 5 mn. USD top line.
  • Collaborated with Enterprise Account Managers to address accounts' specific requirements and explore mid-market segment resulting in notable wins.
Sales Processes

Hcl comnet ltd

Area Sales Manager

Jun 2003Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Developed strategies to expand business opportunities in banking/finance accounts by offering a complete set of IT solutions, resulting in increased annual revenues via closing the largest deal in India for HCL with SBI.
  • Positioned solutions to reduce TCO and increase ROI for clients, including the country's largest Bank and non-life insurance company in India.
Sales Processes

Education

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

M.B.A. — Marketing and Strategy

Jan 2001Jan 2003

State College of Engineering, Haryana

B.E.- Electronics and Communication — Electronics and Communication

Jan 1997Jan 2001

Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan

AISSE — Sciences- Engineering/Non Medical

Jan 1994Jan 1996

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