Ganesha Upadhya

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Generated over $50 million in business.
  • Achieved 300% revenue growth in two years.
  • Expert in building new businesses from scratch.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Automotive industry leader with expertise in digital transformation and sales strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital TransformationBusiness DevelopmentSales LeadershipGrowth StrategiesRetail ManagementSales ManagementCorporate Sales

Other Skills

Account ManagementAgentic aiArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutomotive InfotainmentBusiness AnalyticsBusiness StrategyChannel BusinessChannel SalesConnected CarsContinuous ImprovementCustomer ExperienceCustomer RetentionCustomer ServiceElectric Vehicles

About

- Successful Business leader with deep expertise in Mobility, Digital Transformation(DT) and Analytics strategies, Navigation & Connected vehicle Solution sales with MapmyIndia, Zeliot & Azuga - Dealer management, Corporate/Fleet/govt sales with Toyota & Tata Motors and Channel management & key account management with TTK Prestige Ltd. - Built & managed own start-up in retail for 7 years with offline and online channels - 17 years P&L experience with 14 years team handling expertise - Onboarded multiple new Auto OEMs at MapmyIndia for navigation and connected mobility solutions generating over $50 Mn business - Successfully executed Go to Market strategy for Azuga & achieved 300% revenue growth with improved bottom line in 2 years by acquiring 50 new logos - Managed South zone dealers, corporate/fleet and govt sales for Toyota focusing on market share growth & dealership profitability. -Achieved revenues of Rs 400 crores with a volume of 4000 cars/annum - Handled new product launches, dealer evaluations, appointments and overseen dealer sales operations - Managed Bangalore region sales for Tata Motors handling Rs 250 crores business - As Area Sales Manager @ TTK Prestige managied Appliances business for Karnataka region driving multi channel strategy, brand store activations & Key accounts management - Managed team of 15 executives & over 30 Promoters in TTK Prestige - Expert in building new businesses from scratch and sustaining growth over time - P & L owner in each role - A result oriented & natural leader with deep knowledge of retail operations, automobile dealership management, process compliance, corporate sales, channel sales & key accounts management. - Launched www.paakashaalaa.com- one of a kind branded kitchen online retail, after successful offline venture

Experience

Mapmyindia

AVP- Automotive & mobility business and Alliances

May 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru

  • Winner of CEOs award
  • Business KPIs:
  • Generated $ 50 Mn orders from automotive OEMs & Mobility clients
  • Driven exponential 40% YoY growth
  • Ensure planned revenue generation & cashflow on quarterly/annual basis
  • Major clients acquired & managed:
  • Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Hyundai, BMW, Renault Nissan, Stellantis
  • Hero, TVS Motor, Honda 2 wheeler, Royal Enfield, Ather, Piaggio, Greaves Electric, Simple Energy, Ultraviolette Automotive
  • Ashok Leyland, Switch Mobility, Mahindra Last Mile Mobility
  • Zenrin, Denso Mobility, TVS Automobile solutions, Meesho, Moove mobility, Lithium Urban
  • Aptiv, Visteon, Bosch, Pricol, Minda, Danlaw, NTT Data, Tata Elxsi, TechM
  • NCASE Mobility Strategies:
  • Enabled maps, navigation and location based solutions in infotainment and Mobile apps
  • Powering SaaS based Connected solutions with fleet management platforms and IoT hardwares like Dashcams and Driver Monitoring systems
  • Deploying Autonomous mobility strategies with ADAS maps, High Definition maps and Map As A Sensor solutions
  • Deployed shared mobility solutions like Carpool and ride hailing solutions for people and goods mobility use cases
  • Leading Electric Mobility strategies with Range spider, Advanced Range Prediction & automatic charger additions solutions
  • In-car Conversational AI solutions
  • Mobility Digital transformation strategies:
  • Helping clients to automate mobility use cases with IoT hardware & sensors, fleet management platforms and field force automation solutions
  • Digitisation in In-plant logistics, First/Last mile, middle mile and Long haul logistics
  • Agentic AI for support functions
  • Business analytics strategies: Deploying Geo information analytics solutions for
  • Automotive sales & service network expansions
  • Tapping into rural markets by creating heat maps for gap analysis
  • Customer location analysis for white space mapping
  • Competition network mapping and
  • EV Charger location analytics for setting up new charge stations
Electric VehiclesAccount ManagementDigital TransformationGIS ApplicationsGrowth StrategiesBusiness Development+9

Zeliot

Vice President- Sales & Marketing

Nov 2020May 2021 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Heading sales and marketing
  • Acquisition and Managing clients in automobile OEMs, EV OEMs, Enterprise, Smart city and channel partner segments
  • Planning and execution of global expansion strategy
  • Sales of end to end connected mobility platform and solutions
  • Building customised platforms and solutions for all telematics use cases
  • Implementing total integrated marketing plans to build Zeliot brand and revenue base
Growth StrategiesPeople DevelopmentSales LeadershipRelationship Building

Azuga, inc.

Associate Director- Head India sales & operations

Jan 2018Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Key Milestones:
  • Achieved 300% Revenue growth in 2 years with healthy bottom line
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Strategized Go to market plan to milk the market, based on functional verticals & pitch the solution accordingly
  •  Acquired more than 50 new logos in 2 years
  •  Networked with CXOs of major Automobile OEMs, Telecom, Logistics, IoT & transport aggregator companies to discover the use cases and develop solutions to suit the customer needs.
  •  Established pre-sales, sales and post-sales support processes to increase efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Growth StrategiesPeople DevelopmentSales LeadershipRelationship Building

Tata motors

Territory Sales Manager

Oct 2011Apr 2012 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Handled revenue of Rs 250 crores for car product line for Bengaluru market. Managing dealer operations, marketing and promotional plans for the territory.
Relationship BuildingSales Management

Ttk prestige ltd

Business Partner- Founder @ Prestige Exclusive brand stores

Jan 2010Dec 2017 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Managed retail venture & operated for over 7 years with huge exploaration in online and offline segments with my own share of success and learnings.
  • Achieved 400% growth in 1st year. Expanded to 3 stores store in 6 year and achieved 300% growth
  • Established best Net profit, Stock turnover, Revenue/employee, Revenue/sq ft ratios
  • Executed successful customer contact/loyalty programs which in turn resulted in higher customer retention and helped beating the competition. Loyalty program subscription >40% & Retention ratio >50%
  • Initiated constant corporate contact program with corporate & hotels tapping into bulk orders. Annual revenue contribution from corporate & bulk is around 25%
Sales LeadershipRelationship BuildingRetail Management

Toyota kirloskar motor

Zonal Manager

Jul 2006Dec 2009 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore Area, India

  • Key Milestones:
  • Achieved revenue of over Rs 400 crores, with 4000 MUV/Luxury cars from South India dealers to steer dealers to achieve All India No-1 & 2 ranks
  • Garnered 42% market share in my zone (highest for All India)
  • Responsibilities:
  • Established and strengthened relationship with dealer channels to handle enterprise & fleet Sales for South India.
  •  Established corporate contacts programs & on site demo & test drive campaigns to generate leads & enquiries
  •  Played a vital role in: o Designing and executing customer offers to achieve the desired target. o Design and implementation of Toyota Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) at dealerships
  •  Consistently improved business with newly designed consumer offers & promotions through print, electronic media.
  •  Successfully launched new products in my zone
  •  Conduct regular reviews with dealer principal and senior dealer CXOs to achieve planned monthly volumes
  •  Evaluated UT of Andaman & Nicobar islands market to facilitate major decision making of Network expansion
Sales LeadershipRelationship BuildingCorporate Sales

Ttk prestige ltd

Area Sales Manager

May 2003Jun 2006 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Area, India

  • Driven exponential revenue growth of 400% growth in 2 years
  • Appointed & activated 22 exclusive brand outlets, 10 new distributors & Managed more than 200 dealers partners
  • New Franchise evaluations & Activation
  • General trade: Distributor & dealer evaluations & activation
  • Key Accounts Managed: Metro Cash & Carry, Big Bazaar, Fabmart, Indiaplaza, Girias etc.
  • Planned & executed popular trade & consumer offers to increase visibility of product range & achieve desired sales revenue & profitability.
  • Responsible for monthly sales planning, indenting, trade scheme design, tracking receivables from dealers, promotional plans and competition tracking
  • Appointed 10 New distributors in Karnataka and ensured placement and product penetration in Modern Trade formats
  • Appointed and activated 22 franchisees for exclusive channel in 1 year.
People DevelopmentSales LeadershipRelationship BuildingRetail Management

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

EEP — Artificial Intelligence and analytics based business strategy

Nov 2025Nov 2025

Manipal Institute of Technology

Engineer's Degree — Industrial Engineering

Jan 1996Jan 2000

SDM Institute for Management Development

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2001Jan 2003

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Certification — Strategic marketing

Aug 2021Oct 2021

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