Rakshith Venkatesh

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in driving business growth.
  • Expert in managing enterprise accounts and partnerships.
  • Recognized for exceeding sales targets consistently.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B sales professional in the IT/ITES sector with a focus on enterprise solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyEnterprise Technology SalesBusiness Development

Other Skills

Account ManagementChannel PartnersLeadershipPartner Relationship ManagementMarket PenetrationSales StrategyStakeholder EngagementData Management SolutionsSales ManagementCustomer AcquisitionChannel ManagementLead GenerationSales InitiativesPipeline GenerationElectrical Engineering

About

Passionate and customer centric Seller offering demonstrated success in solving customer problems, Known for creativity, ownership and high energy

Experience

6 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Cloudflare

Regional Business Manager-South India and Sri Lanka

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Accountable for driving Business across existing and large account acquisition
  • Expanding and acquiring business through partners and alliance-focused on IT/ITES, DNB and
  • FSI segments
  • Working on customer experience and technology adoption as a consultative partner with key strategic clients
  • Built a multi partner channel ecosystem to improve coverage across the region leading to
  • market penetration and competitive account coverage
  • Awards and recognitions:
  • FY-24- Rising star of the year for net new logo wins and quota achievement
Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentChannel PartnersLeadershipBusiness StrategyEnterprise Technology Sales

Netapp

3 roles

Business Manager-Enterprise & Global System Integrator's

Jun 2023Feb 2024 · 8 mos

  • Managed 3 Bangalore Head quartered GSI’s for their sell to and sell through functions
  • Drove exponential revenue growth for the region through proactive engagements, aggressive sales motions and mapping key stakeholders up-to C-Level executives
  • Planned and executed the sell to and sell through engagements in GSI accounts which lead to multiple Global location multi-million dollar wins
Enterprise Technology SalesBusiness StrategyAccount ManagementBusiness Development

Enterprise Account Manager-South India

Promoted

Jul 2020Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Managing a set of Enterprise & Global accounts across business domains leading to new logo acquisition, cross and upselling of data management solutions and services
  • Managing Bangalore HQ'd Global System integrators for their sell to as well as sell through business from India across the globe
  • Consistently grew the revenue of the region 30% YoY with net new logo acquisition as well as cross selling newer solutions and services in existing accounts
  • Mentor and trainer for campus placement sales teams
  • Awards and recognitions:
  • FY-21- Exceeded the targets by 110% and won the best sales rep award
  • FY-22 Exceeded the targets by 150% and won President’s Club award
  • FY-23 Exceeded the targets by 105% and won the 100% achievement award
Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentData Management SolutionsEnterprise Technology Sales

Commercial Account Manager-South India

Nov 2019Jul 2020 · 8 mos

  • Managed the commercial business for NetApp India Covering South India and Tier 2 cities of South India
  • Responsible for acquiring net new accounts and new partners for driving long term business growth
  • Worked closely with Channels, Marketing and SDR teams to generate healthy pipeline and quality leads for the region
  • Drove new initiatives like Product Day, call blitz, virtual partner summit to increase the pipeline and traction from partners across the region which lead to closure of more than a million dollar USD business (net new)
  • Successfully acquired 10 competition accounts in a span of 2 Quarters
Account ManagementSales StrategyChannel ManagementBusiness Development

Frontier business systems pvt. ltd.

Commercial Account Manager

Jul 2019Oct 2019 · 3 mos · Banglore

  • Worked very closely with OEM'S like Dell, Nutanix and NetApp to drive pipeline generation and customer acquisition
  • Covered Bengaluru Central as a region managing Enterprise computing solution which covers technologies like storage, Hyper converged Infrastructure and backup solutions
  • With the aggressive approach and hard work, generated a healthy pipeline for storage and HCI solutions across Nutanix, NetApp and Dell
  • Acquisition of 5 Net new accounts in a span of 3 Months due to aggressive and consistent sales approach
  • Successfully conducted NetApp customer connect program, Nutanix Call Blitz and Dell Lunch and Learn Session
Sales StrategyCustomer AcquisitionPipeline GenerationBusiness Development

Karnataka power transmission corp ltd (kptcl)

Technical Intern

Jul 2018Aug 2018 · 1 mo · Banglore

  • Learnt Designing of substations of various voltages. Understood the power generation, transmission and consumption scenario for the state of Karnataka. Got an experience of how a Government organization works.
Electrical EngineeringPower GenerationSubstation Design

Hike

Marketing Intern

Feb 2018May 2018 · 3 mos · Banglore

  • I actively worked here as a marketing intern by marketing the App in our college premises.
  • Successfully conducted an event named Hike campus star.
MarketingEvent Management

Education

BNM Institute Of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2015Jan 2019

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