Kartikeya Prahlad Panyam

CEO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India18 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of sales experience in SaaS.
  • Expert in GTM strategy and revenue growth.
  • Founder and CEO of multiple successful startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS sales leader with extensive experience in business development and strategic growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Gtm PlanningRevenue GrowthSales And Business DevelopmentSales Strategy

Other Skills

Account ManagementAccount PlanningBusiness AlliancesBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCapacity PlanningChannel PartnersChannel SalesCloud ComputingCold CallingCompetitive AnalysisConsultingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Customer Retention

About

With over 20 years of sales experience, I am a strategic thought leader and a SaaS growth and GTM expert. I have led and directed the development and implementation of inside sales planning and strategic initiatives for various SaaS startups and organizations, delivering outstanding revenue results and financial profitability. As the founder and CEO of Sales4saas, I assist in setting up sales teams, mentoring and offering consulting in areas such as GTM planning, strategy and execution, revenue growth, global expansion, demand/lead generation, and resource planning. I also leverage my Sandler and Oracle certifications to collaborate with C-level partners and internal stakeholders, identify and qualify potential product partnerships, and create a culture of relentless improvement and innovation for customers across all sales channels.

Experience

Enablr

Sr Director of Global Inside Sales

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India and North America · On-site

Covasant

Sr Director of Global Inside Sales and Sales Operations

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India and North America · On-site

Franchise india brands limited

Franchise Business Partner

Sep 2023Sep 2025 · 2 yrs · India · Hybrid

Indovation lab

Sales Leader

Jul 2023Nov 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Feuji inc

Senior Director Business Development

Jan 2023Jun 2023 · 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Botminds inc

Sr. Director of Growth

Feb 2022Sep 2022 · 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Tricentis

Director - Business Development (Global - Offshore)

Dec 2020Feb 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

Fone.ai

Mentor - Advisor

Mar 2020Present · 6 yrs · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Purohitji

Mentor - Advisor - Sales & Marketing

Mar 2020Mar 2022 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Kore.ai

2 roles

Director - Global Inside Sales and Channels

Promoted

Jan 2019Sep 2019 · 8 mos

  • ✯ Instrumental in developing and implementing models for revenue growth. Collaborating with the CSO and the CEO to design and implement the end-to-end strategy to scale the company performance to $16million ARR in FY20
  • ✯ Defined the channel strategy to work with ISVs like Uipath, SAP, Cisco, MSFT Etc.
  • ✯ Utilized the available data to report and forecast accurately
  • ✯ Build predictive models in accordance with the historical data
  • ✯ Owned a revenue target of $3.5 million from Global Inside Sales
  • ✯ Developed and expanded a team of 3 managers and 15 Inside sales Reps to manage certain regions
  • ✯ Oversaw the design and implementation of the sales onboarding process for the organization
  • ✯ Member of the Global leadership team and steered end-to-end sales and marketing strategy
  • ✯ Enhanced the revenue contribution of the IS team from $100K to $1.2Mil within 3 quarters
  • ✯ Handled the presentation of Kore.ai at conferences and co-created content for messaging on Kore’s website and other customer outreach materials

Associate Director - Global Channels and Alliances, Inside Sales and BD

May 2018Sep 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • ✯ Responsible for Global Channels - Inside sales strategy and growth.

Sales4saas

Founder And CEO

Aug 2018Nov 2024 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Hyderabad · Hybrid

  • ✯ Assisted in Setup Sales teams for SaaS startups and Organisations. I mentor and Offer consulting in the below areas.
  • ✯ GTM Planning, Strategy and execution
  • ✯ Revenue Growth
  • ✯ Global Expansion
  • ✯ Inbound and Outbound Prospecting
  • ✯ Demand/Lead Generation
  • ✯ Inside Sales VS Field Sales
  • ✯ Resource planning
  • ✯ Planning for Scale and Growth
GTM PlanningStrategy and executionRevenue GrowthGlobal ExpansionDemand/Lead GenerationResource planning

Kaseya

Manager - Global Sales

Jan 2018May 2018 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ✯ Spearheaded 50 named accounts in the NA market, and led end–to–end account management
  • ✯ Coordinated with partners to aid in closing business in the region. Ensured on-time support to partners and customers for optimum business retention and timely renewals

Ameyo

Manager - Sales - Americas

Jul 2016Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • ✯ Owned the revenue target ($0.5m) for the territory
  • ✯ Led end-to-end sales right from lead generation to closure
  • ✯ Strengthened post-sales relationships with the customers to ensure optime support thereby ensuring a higher number of renewals
  • ✯ Built the channel ecosystem from the scratch
  • ✯ Instrumental in the signing of the strategic partners in NA, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Jamaica
  • ✯ Steered direct quota along with handling 2 inside sales reps and assisted in streamlining the inside sales process for the NA market

Www.articraftz.com

Founder and CEO

Aug 2015Jun 2016 · 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • ✯ Articraftz.com is a place to experience the beautiful world of Indian handicrafts
  • ✯ Offering authentic hand-crafted products from an extensive range.
Sales and Business DevelopmentMarket ResearchTeam Management

Oracle india

Silver Partner

Dec 2014Dec 2015 · 1 yr · Greater Hyderabad Area

Inside sales 360 consulting pvt ltd

Founder And CEO

Sep 2014May 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • ✯ Launched Inside Sales 360 consulting with a goal to assist startups and rising companies with sales and business development
  • ✯ Coordinated with SI’s like Capgemini & Tech Mahindra to assist them onboard vendors in the Contract staffing vertical
  • ✯ Engaged in hiring and training a team of 5 salespeople responsible for both market research and end-to-end sales for the company clientele
  • ✯ Utilized the APAC region experience of Software and HW/Systems sales in multiple Industry segments
  • ✯ Commenced and successfully managed a Handicraft-based social enterprise called www.Articraftz.com. Collaborated with artisans in making them understand the benefits of eCommerce in order to reach the larger markets outside their local reach
Sales StrategyE-commerce

Beatinfo consulting & solutions, inc

Sr. Manager, Sales and Account Development

Mar 2014May 2014 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Oracle

2 roles

Senior Consultant - Mergers&Acquisitions

Jun 2012Jul 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • ✯ Associated with Oracle Corporation as Business Development Consultant with a special focus on Mergers, Acquisition, Divestiture & Spin-off (MADS)
  • ✯ Keep a track of all the M&A activity in the region, Analyze the activity and present it to the virtual team
  • ✯ Present the analysis and Intel acquired in the form of a MADS Standard operating procedure Template for the M&A identified.
  • ✯ Reach out to contacts at the respective M&A accounts and gather critical information from Investor relations and key decision makers.
  • ✯ As Most of the M&A activities are time-sensitive and mission-critical from a revenue closure perspective, I Engage with the account team at the earliest stages of the transaction to be there first.

Consultant - Business Development at Oracle

Feb 2011Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • ✯ Work closely with enterprise accounts to help them address their business challenges and issues with Technology solutions
  • ✯ Interact with decision makers and business heads to position oracle's technology solutions
  • ✯ Participated in development projects as an advisor in the area of business and systems use
  • ✯ Support account managers and clients in their decision-making by carrying out research, analysis and recommendations
  • ✯ Respond to RFP's and RFI's and customize solutions based on customers' needs
  • ✯ Work closely with virtual team to increase market share through continuous customer interaction
  • ✯ Had performed statistical research with the available tools in the market for convincing the client of the need for new software than customization of the legacy products that saving cost
  • ✯ Ensured client confidence and prevented slippages of issues by serving as virtual team co-ordinated during critical phases of the project
  • ✯ Work closely with a globally distributed team to ensure goals are achieved in stipulated timelines
  • ✯ Strong understanding of Oracle licensing to help customers to be compliant
  • ✯ Strong business acumen around Oracle technologies like Business Intelligence, Content Management, Integration, High-Performance Data Warehousing and Information Security

Dell international

Senior Sales Representative

Nov 2008Oct 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Worked as a Senior Sales Representative for Small and Medium Business UKI (UK & Ireland) with Dell International services for 23 months.
  • ✯ As a Senior Sales Representative, I have always been a consistent performer.
  • ✯ Received exceptional performance award for the Q3FY10.
  • ✯ In the first quarter closed 5 bids averaging $12k and booked Enterprise Server & Storage deals.

Hsbc data processing india pvt. ltd

CSE- Customer support and Sales

Feb 2007Sep 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • ✯ Worked as a senior representative dealing with UK Corporate accounts and selling corporate products like corporate Credit Cards, Commercial mortgages and Small business loans

Ge consumer finance

Process Associate

Nov 2005Feb 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • ✯ Worked as a process associate in a Customer Support process, escalations help desk agent & HR representative in GE consumer finance and servicing for 14 Months.

Education

Andhra University

B A — English Literature

Jan 2003Jan 2005

Andhra University

B.A — English literature

Jan 2003Jan 2005

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