Neelesh Dugar

Business Development Executive

Dubai, United Arab Emirates8 yrs 7 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Closed over $3M in solutions and services.
  • Crafted 250+ high-quality proposals across industries.
  • Built 30+ strategic alliances across the MEA region.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Sales and Partnerships Leader in the AI and Data Solutions industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

SalesArtificial Intelligence (ai)Sales EngineeringConsultative SellingBusiness Development

Other Skills

International SalesSales DevelopmentRequest for Proposal (RFP)Strategic PartnershipsSales ProcessesSales PresentationsTechnological SolutionsProspecting SkillsPresentation SkillsMicrosoft OfficeLead QualificationGo-to-Market StrategyEmerging TechnologiesDefining RequirementsData Solutions

About

I’m a passionate advocate for the transformative power of Data, AI, Analytics, and Automation, with over 8 years of experience driving enterprise success in the MEA region. My career is a testament to relentless growth, learning daily, adapting to emerging trends, and delivering authentic, value-driven solutions across BFSI, Supply Chain & Logistics, Finance, Hospitality, IoT, and Smart Cities. I thrive at the intersection of technology, strategy, and human potential, believing every organisation can achieve extraordinary outcomes with the right tools and guidance. My Impact Presales: Crafted 250+ high-quality proposals across industries, solving complex Data and AI challenges in the last 4 years Sales: Closed $3M+ in solutions and services, driving revenue growth Partnerships: Built 30+ strategic alliances with VADs, channel partners, SIs, and hyperscalers across the UAE, KSA, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Singapore, and Africa Network: Cultivated 10K+ LinkedIn connections, fostering trust-based relationships with C-level executives and senior stakeholders Key Strengths Relationship Builder: My growth mindset, proactive approach, and trusted conversations have created a robust network of key stakeholders, partners, and decision-makers. Business Growth Leader: Proven expertise in scaling businesses through B2B sales, channel partnerships, and GTM strategies aligned with MEA’s tech landscape, with managing teams. Regional Expertise: Deep knowledge of MEA’s partner ecosystem, enterprise tech stacks, and digital transformation drivers. Technical Acumen: Hands-on proficiency in OCI, Alteryx, H2O.ai, OpenText, Tableau, Power BI, Python, SQL, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, and lead gen platforms like LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Lusha, RocketReach and many more. Domain Expertise: Specialisation in BFSI, fintech, digital wallets, IoT and Smart cities My Approach I listen deeply, advise transparently, and collaborate to deliver win-win solutions that boost revenue, reduce costs, and accelerate AI adoption. My passion lies in democratizing no-code/low-code AI platforms. I love being at the epicentre of Sales, Presales, Partnerships, and Account Management by combining empathic selling with strategic insight. My Passion I’m driven by building trust-based partnerships and solving real problems, not just selling. My reputation as a true advisor stems from transparency, integrity, and a commitment to long-term success. If you’re looking for an open conversation to discuss some specific problems, let’s connect to explore innovative and feasible AI solutions!

Experience

8 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
5 mos
Current Experience

Signzy

Senior Presales & Solutions Expert

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

Scry ai

Sales & Partnerships Lead - MENA

Feb 2024Dec 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • ScryAI which means "Fortune Telling" or "Jyotish Vidhya", as we predict future events based on the Enterprise's data and our proprietary AI models all in a safe and secure environment
  • Scry AI isn't your average tech company. We're a R&D-focused AI company and also the makers of some cutting-edge AI algorithms that power our AI engine, HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley, with a global presence of 320+ team members spanning across India and UAE. Founded in 2014, by Dr Alok Aggarwal who has been at the forefront of AI since before it became a buzzword. He has spent ~15 years at IBM, ~15 years co-founding and running Evalueserve and now 11 years running and growing Scry AI. He is also the author of the Amazon US bestseller "The Fourth Industrial Revolution & 100 Years of AI".
  • What do we do? We have built several Enterprise-grade AI products and solutions.
  • These advanced AI products are designed to help businesses enable straight-through processing. Thinking of IDP, NN-based OCR, LLMs, Process Automation, GenAI, Voice and Chat bots, RPA, IoT Platform with AI, we have got you covered.
  • Why us?
  • > Unmatched Accuracy: over 98% in table and text extraction across any document type
  • > Multi-language support: English, Arabic, Chinese, German, Spanish, Japanese and more
  • > Does not hallucinate
  • > Has high accuracy because our products have contextual ontology of 50+ multi industry use cases
  • >100% auditable and traceable
  • > Consume any data type, structured, unstructured and semi-structured
  • > Think financial statements, invoices, balance sheets, purchase orders, KYC docs, reports, PDFs, and presentations… We have trained our system on over 160 document types!
  • > The most important - Its On Prem, On Private Cloud, or even hybrid
  • Have any use case in mind? please feel free to DM me, and lets have an open conversation.
Business DevelopmentConsultative SellingInternational SalesArtificial Intelligence (AI)SalesSales Development+16

Crayon data

2 roles

Senior Sales Engineer - EMEA

Jul 2023Nov 2023 · 4 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

C-LevelEmerging TechnologiesDefining RequirementsOutside SalesSales DevelopmentChannel Partners+11

Sales Engineer

Nov 2021Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • Crayon Data was founded in 2012, HQ in Singapore, and offices in India, Dubai, Myanmar & the US, is Data & AI strong company. Our vision is to simplify the world's choices.
  • We have expertise in delivering hyper-personalization through our patented graph methodologies, vectorization & ensembling SOTA algorithms.
  • We help Enterprises like Banks, Digital wallets, travel & tourism companies, and smart cities to engage and make their customers spend more, increasing revenues for enterprises, and generating affiliate revenue streams for Enterprises through the traffic & spends they get for the merchants & drive traffic & spends for merchants, hence creating a WIN-WIN flywheel for Enterprises, Customers & Merchants.
  • We also own & maintain Global Merchant Repository, mapping over 7M global merchants, with accurate tags & attributes. We are cloud agnostic and have ready off-the-shelf, white-labeled assets for enterprises and merchants.
  • We also have another LoB, called Data as a Service (DaaS) wherein we bring in the expertise in setting up Data Lakehouses, cleaning data, building AI/ML use-cases, Dashboarding/ Reports. We have also built a Data platform, called, Data Stuidio, which is a no-code GUI based platform to ingest data from multiple sources, categorize data, and build ready-to-consume data pipelines.
  • My responsibilities include giving product demos, building decks & proposals, presales, market research, consulting, Sales & Business Development, Lead generation, opening accounts & building relationships, networking, enabling partners.
  • Achievements:
  • 2 awards in 15 months, multiple appreciations from cross-function leaders and a significant promotion
  • Significant contributor in doing research, building GTM strategy, Sales, and bringing in partners & vendors for a Multi-million $ project with a Leading Saudi Enterprise as a part of #Vision2030.
  • Focus: Saudi Enterprises, PIF, Vision2030, Travel & Tourism, UAE Enterprises, WeTheUAE2031
C-LevelEmerging TechnologiesDefining RequirementsInternational SalesTeamworkOutside Sales+28

Easy data analytics

Presales Consultant

Feb 2020Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Remote

  • AI Startup | Founded in 2017 | HQ in Singapore | Global Presence
  • Easydata.ai is a pioneering AI startup, with operations in India and Indonesia and partnerships extending to Japan and the US.
  • About the Platform
  • Our proprietary platform, Cafebot, is a robust SaaS-based, end-to-end Data Science platform designed to solve diverse AI use cases across industries. With over 70+ drag-and-drop tiles, Cafebot simplifies data pipelines, cleaning, transformations, ETL, Data Science, Machine Learning, and MLOps while offering early-stage data visualization capabilities. The platform seamlessly integrates with 100+ connectors to source data from anywhere, supporting both batch and streaming inputs.
  • My Role and Contributions
  • Focused on the APJ region (Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Japan), my multi-faceted responsibilities include:
  • > Sales & Pre-sales: Driving product demos, crafting PoCs, and closing deals.
  • > Partnerships & GTM Strategy: Building alliances to enhance market reach.
  • > Account Management: Strengthening client relationships and ensuring success.
  • > Business Development: Identifying opportunities and crafting winning strategies.
  • > Market Research & Proposals: Delivering impactful presentations and tailored solutions.
  • > Partner Enablement: Empowering partners with tools to maximize success.
  • Achievements: Successfully closed deals contributing to a cumulative ARR of $250k+, including:
  • > The second-largest coal mining contractor in Indonesia.
  • > An R&D centre under the Ministry of Science and the largest state-owned Oil & Gas enterprise in Malaysia.
  • My Mantra: Honesty, logic, and pragmatism guide me as I address business challenges, democratize AI, and help clients or partners achieve tangible success with tailored solutions.
C-LevelData EngineeringEmerging TechnologiesDefining RequirementsInternational SalesTeamwork+31

Capgemini

3 roles

Associate Consultant

Jun 2019Jan 2020 · 7 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • 1. Work closely with Subject Matter Experts to identify and define business reporting requirements.
  • 2. Responsible for providing reporting, analysis and insightful recommendations to business leaders on key performed metrics.
  • 3. Perform data integrity checks, data cleaning, exploratory analysis and feature engineering using Python and R.
  • 4. Constantly work on Feature reduction algorithms like Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
  • 5. Perform statistical analysis and apply machine learning techniques to the data for identifying potential areas of enhancements in products and give recommendations.
  • 6. Perform Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Visualizations using Python and R.
  • 7. Implementing Ensemble models like Boosting and Bagging wherever required.
Problem Solving

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2018Jun 2019 · 11 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • 1. Requirement gathering, data extraction, cleansing, and transformation.
  • 2. Sentiment analysis/scoring of comments – To perform sentiment analysis on the comments as well as automate the manual process of classifying comments. The automation reduced the manual effort by 10% which in-turn increased the productivity of the employees.
  • 3. Develop ML algorithms.
  • 4. Predictive modelling (Logistic, Multiple Linear Regression)
  • 5. Statistical Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, and Reporting.
Problem Solving

Software Engineer

Jun 2017Jul 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Working for one of Capgemini Top Investment Banking client to design, develop and implement Applications related to End User Computing, User Productivity Applications, Analytics applications, and Collaboration Tools.
  • Key Role and Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop management reports and dashboards using tools like Tableau.
  • Understand the requirement and prepare a requirement analysis document.
  • Support in SIT and UAT
  • Follow full SDLC cycle with Agile methodology
  • Make presentations and demo’s for business users
Problem Solving

Myconcierge

Head of Sales, Growth & Collaboration

Feb 2019Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · India

Outside SalesProblem SolvingConsultative SellingBusiness StrategyProspecting SkillsSales+4

Education

Amity University

Bachelor's degree

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Amity University Dubai

Semester Abroad Programme — Computer Science

Jan 2016Jan 2016

Step By Step High School, Jaipur

Class 12 — Science

Jan 2012Jan 2013

Step By Step High School, Jaipur

Class 10 — Science

Jan 2010Jan 2011

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