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Kumar Sakala

Associate Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in market research and competitive analysis.
  • Proven track record in business strategy development.
  • Certified Data Scientist with strong analytical skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Market Research and Business Strategy expert in the Consulting industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyMarket ResearchConsultingBusiness DevelopmentMarket IntelligenceProject ManagementResearchCorporate StrategySales

Other Skills

Account IntelligenceAnalyst RelationsAttention to DetailBenchmarkingCRMCommunicationCompetition AnalysisCompetitive AnalysisCompetitor AnalysisConsulting SalesCross-functional CollaborationCustomer SegmentationData AnalysisData GatheringData Storytelling

About

Sales experience – Projects in research & consulting Account Management Excellent Client Presentations & Report Writing Project Management & Execution Solution Mapping in consulting & Research Pre-sales – Proposal Creations Quantitative and Qualitative Research Techniques Good Communication and People skills Certified Data Scientist from Illinois Institute of Technology Leadership Skills – Bringing best out of the people Good IT Landscape Understanding Strong gClient Engagement

Experience

Researchfox consulting

Senior Manager Research

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Sri tech solutions inc.

Head of Business Strategy

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Tampa, Florida, United States · Remote

  • Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer segmentation to identify market trends, opportunities, and threats.
  • Monitor competitor activities, product offerings, and industry developments to inform product strategy and positioning.
  • Gather customer feedback through surveys, interviews, usability studies, and other feedback mechanisms to understand customer needs, pain points, and preferences.
  • Use customer insights to prioritize product features, define user personas, and improve the overall customer experience.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, marketing, sales, and finance, to align product strategy with business objectives and ensure successful execution.
  • Define clear goals, success metrics, and kpis to measure the effectiveness of product strategy initiatives and track progress over time.
  • Develop go-to-market strategies for new product launches, feature releases, and product expansions.
  • Business Analyst User Feedback Agile Principles SDLC CSPO Business Intelligence
  • Coordinate with marketing, sales, and customer success teams to create messaging, positioning, and
  • sales enablement materials.
  • Identify strategic partnerships, alliances, and integration opportunities to enhance the value proposition of the product and expand its market reach.
  • Collaborate with third-party vendors, developers, and platform providers to build an ecosystem around the product.
Market ResearchCompetitive AnalysisCustomer SegmentationProduct StrategyCross-functional CollaborationGo-to-market Strategies+1

Hubilo

Senior Manager Business Strategy, PM

Feb 2021Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Update information on market direction, competition strategy and customer pulse to the management
  • Data Analysis to identify the product feature adoption and trends
  • Enable Quant & Qualitative research studies to understand competitor strengths & weakness through In-depth interviews across US and Europe
  • Conduct Primary & Secondary research studies to understand TAM and future direction of the product through primary & secondary research - CATI, CAWI & IDIs
  • Identify potential companies to acquire in improving the product strengths and offerings
  • Part of CEO office to handle all major business research priorities
  • Provides support for the product marketing function through research and analysis on competitor trends
  • Compile and analyze reporting voice of customer data to provide customer feedback for product development and quality control.
  • Assist in primary research projects including focus groups and in-depth interviews to provide guidance for future product development or inform strategy to marketing and sales teams.
  • Design research objectives that can influence business strategy and product strategy
Data AnalysisQuantitative ResearchQualitative ResearchMarket ResearchCompetitor AnalysisBusiness Strategy

Researchfox consulting

Manager - Research & Consulting

Jun 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

  • Marketing activities - Business development generating leads
  • Project Scoping & Solution mapping
  • Project Management, Execution ideas & Monitoring
  • Primary & Secondary Research Studies
  • Managing a consulting team – 6 members
  • Growth ideas for Organization
  • Managing inbound enquiries
  • Sales – Acquiring new logos
  • Involvement in full sales cycle
  • Strategy Consulting – GTM strategy, Business Implementation, Startup Idea feasibility
  • studies, Brand Impression studies, Market Potential, Market Sizing etc.,
Business DevelopmentProject ManagementPrimary ResearchSecondary ResearchSales StrategyConsulting

Hackerearth

Market Intelligence Specialist

Mar 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Product development recommendations
  • Competition Analysis
  • Market positioning strategy
  • Sales strategy
  • Account Intelligence
  • Industry Insights
  • Proposal creations
  • Product GAP Analysis
Product DevelopmentCompetition AnalysisMarket Positioning StrategySales StrategyMarket IntelligenceBusiness Strategy

Ey

Senior Analyst

Apr 2016Oct 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Thiruvananthapuram Taluk, India

  • • Project management, Project scoping • Handling research projects in Technology, Business Resilience and Cybersecurity • Proposal creations for Business resilience portfolio • Support business partners in preparing Go-to market materials • Develop brochures, thought leadership papers • Support team in quality review for key projects • End to End responsibility of Newsletter releases
Project ManagementResearch ProjectsProposal CreationMarket ResearchResearch

Kaar technologies

Associate Manager - Market Intelligence

Jan 2014Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Chennai

  • Driving Analyst Relation Engagement
  • Handling Analyst Vendor Briefings & Inquiry Calls
  • Industry Trends and Challenges
  • Competitor Analysis
  • Intelligence Reports on Market Penetration, Sizing and Forecasting
  • Explore Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Ovum, E&Y, Pwc, Frost & Sullivan, KPMG for Industry and Technology Updates
  • Account Intelligence
  • Support Marketing and Sales Groups for Intelligence
Market IntelligenceCompetitor AnalysisAccount IntelligenceResearch

L&t infotech

Senior Strategy Executive - Corporate Strategy Group

Jul 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Planning and Framing Research Work
  • End to End Ownership in executing research requests
  • Helping Management, Sales and Business Uints in formulating Strategy Road Map
  • Experience in Industry Research, Technology Research, Account Research and Market Research
  • Experience in formulating Market Sizing, Market Trend and Challenges
  • Good Understanding on Competitor Analysis, SWOT and IT Business Models
  • Adhere to the quality and producing finest reports
  • Hands on Experience in exploring Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Ovum, Pwc, KPMG etc
ResearchMarket ResearchCompetitor AnalysisCorporate Strategy

Gavs

Senior Research Analyst

Feb 2008Jun 2011 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Chennai, India

  • Gathering data, identifying, qualifying and tracking prospective opportunities
  • Active participation in preparing corporate sales opportunity pipeline reports
  • Collating information from Gartner, Forrester, Hoovers, Spoke, Jigsaw, LinkedIn, OneSource IMS, Factiva, LexisNexis, Dialog, Bloomberg, etc for research purpose
  • Market Study on Industry& Technology
  • Working on Case Studies
  • Supporting Marketing & Sales Department
  • Strategies to get more leads
  • Building Account Database for US, UK and Middle East
Data GatheringMarket StudySales StrategyResearchSales

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology

Data Science — Statistical Methods for Analysis and Understand the Data

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Great Lakes Institute of Management

PGPBABI — Data Scientist

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Savitribai Phule Pune University

MBA — Marketing

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

B Tech — ECE

Jan 1998Jan 2002

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