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Nashath Abdulla

Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years in IT Infrastructure Program Management.
  • Expert in client needs analysis and customer retention.
  • Proficient in driving digital transformation initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure expert with a focus on customer success and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementStakeholder ManagementCustomer Success ManagementDigital TransformationCustomer SuccessProject ExecutionAccount ManagementBusiness AnalysisSales EngineeringCybersecurity SolutionsTechnical SupportIncident Management

Other Skills

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)Risk ManagementMachine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionNatural Language Processing (NLP)Azure AI FoundryAzure AI StudioMicrosoft SecurityBusiness DevelopmentCorporate Sales ManagementKey Account Relationship BuildingStrategic PartnershipsBuilding Business PartnershipsInside Sales

About

12+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Program Management/Customer Success: Extensive expertise in client needs analysis with a consultative approach to software and application post-sales & Customer Retention. Able to forge solid relationships and build consensus across internal and external stakeholders to bring the right strategies to success. Astute communicator and negotiator adept at establishing rewarding business relationships & outcomes. Proficient in strategy formulation to ensure deeper penetration to unlock business potential with existing customers and always keen to hunt for new business opportunities. Proficient in identifying prospective Leads and Key Account Mapping Identify business opportunities by identifying prospects and analyzing sales options. Establish contact and develop relationships with company partners and clients by providing support, and information, conducting research and recommending new opportunities. Competencies:Partner/Customer business Analysis. Cross-Functional Team collab, Competitor and Market Analysis, Product GTM Strategies, Budget Management, Channel Partnerships, Enterprise Software post Sales. Contract Negotiations and right sizing. Domain Expertise: Cloud Infrastructure/Network Security/AI/Business Applications. Business Analytics/AI Tools: Power BI, Python, MongoDB, Excel. Claude, Perplexity. MS Copilot. OpenAi. Gemini. Grok.

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos
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Current Experience

Optiv

Senior Program Manager - Advanced Fusion Center.

Jul 2025Present · 11 mos · On-site

  • Oversee performance of multiple customized client programs, health delivery, driving client security transformation & maturity, revenue growth, and program maturity through strategic leadership and effective stakeholder management.
  • Drive enterprise client engagements, acting as the primary program management resource to build trust, drive progress, and deliver tailored solutions aligned with client goals.
  • Presales and Sales Support: Contribute to proposals, SOW development, and client reference coordination to support demand generation and revenue capture.
  • Develop and implement strategic plans, including schedules, budgets, risk management, and resource allocation, to ensure timely delivery of multi-technology solutions and managed services.
  • Facilitate collaboration between clients, account teams, and delivery teams, ensuring alignment on expectations, quality metrics, and delivery strategies through effective communication and executive presence.
  • Monitor Resource burn-rate, budget and engagement progress, proactively addressing risks, issues, and delays while maintaining customized schedules and deliverables.
  • Build strong client relationships, oversee vendor performance, and foster mutual understanding to drive business outcomes and client maturity
  • Apply best practices, emerging technologies, and advanced tools to optimize program delivery and stakeholder alignment.
  • Deliver clear, concise presentations and status reports to C-suite executives and stakeholders, addressing concerns and resolving challenges decisively.
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)Program ManagementStakeholder Management

Microsoft

Customer Success Manager - PSFP - AI/Security Transformation

Mar 2022Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • With the mission "To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more."
  • Develop, maintain, and build upon foundational relationships with key Enterprise Customer/Partner stakeholders and technical professionals to enable quality solution delivery and health using partnerships.
  • Guide and lead conversations to facilitate the achievement of customer business objectives by leveraging their investment in Microsoft.
  • Partner with Account Team to create a customer success plan and contribute to the shared customer account plan in support of customer objectives specific to the customer's business transformation programs and common to their industry.
  • Leverage understanding of the customer's technology platform and Microsoft's Cloud/On-prem technology roadmap to enable customer digital transformation and deliver scalable ecosystem impact.
  • Engage in conversations with customers and demonstrates alignment between customer objectives and the current Microsoft portfolio of work in the customer account.
  • Lead the execution of program planning and customer-facing program reviews, prioritization of engagements, and stakeholder advocacy and executive expectations to address agreed-upon customer outcomes and account priorities.
  • Partner with customers to proactively identify opportunities for growth, optimize usage, and drive adoption.
Customer Success ManagementDigital Transformation

Appviewx

2 roles

Senior Customer Success - CLM PKI | Network Automation/Orchestration & Crypto Agility

Promoted

Jul 2017Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • On-boarding and project execution for North American [US-West] Clients.
  • Improve customer retention by supporting continuous product adoption and customer engagement.
  • Understand customer’s business, infrastructure & requirements. Facilitate Native/Cloud deployments.
  • Build extensive quarterly business review program & customer advocacy. Conducting timely QBR’s, MBR’s with customer to showcase value to the economic buyers and stakeholders.
  • Optimize customer journey. Strategize & help customer to maneuver through different lifecycle stages from Onboarding to Business ready.
  • Leading and mentoring Solutions Engineering, Product Support and Product Management teams to ensure consistent performance.
  • Responsible for renewals. Build and work on various strategies around establishing more adoption from the product and secure long term renewals. Build relationship with Partner channels.
  • Created/worked on ROI, Time to Value, GTM & Showcase value quantification metrics.
  • Responsible for identifying deal/revenue size upwards of $1M for upsell and cross sell expansion, Book of business - $2.5M in annual renewals
  • Working with onsite sales manager for closure of sales pipelines in cross sell/up sell opportunities.
  • Handle escalations, code red/amber accounts. Collaborate with multiple teams to provide timely and effective resolution.
  • Handled accounts transitioned from escalation stages to operationally ready status.
  • Executing various sales plays based on product modules for continuous adoption.
  • Extensive work on Salesforce/Smart-sheets for project execution.
  • Continuous Update on domain/product expertise along with customer infrastructure & Business.
Customer SuccessProject Execution

Customer Success Manager

Jul 2017Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Metricstream

Senior Account Manager - GRC Solutions.

Nov 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore - India

  • Responsible for contacting prospective BFSI & Trade clients in the US and Canada region. Corporate top Account Management of top BFSI companies in the US. Strategizing Market Penetration Campaigns and Events. Working extensively on RFP’s and RFI’s. Working closely with VP’s and Directors on end to end sales. Presenting Solution Demonstrations to clients and prospects of the MetricStream GRC Apps. Consulting clients on Business Intelligence and gathering requirements along with the Business Analyst team.
  • GRC Software Research and Applications – Client Account Management
  • Create opportunities with US Banking and trade clients. Understand their software requirements on Compliance and regulatory standard. Communicate the requirement to the production engineering team. Collaborate with field sales team in closing the deals. Holding GRC Summits, Conferences, Seminars throughout US. Create Networking and build opportunities.
  • Business Analysis:
  • SAS® Business Analytics platform.
  • BFSI (Banking, Financial services and Insurance) M7 GRC Solution• Regulatory Compliance • Regulatory Examinations • Enterprise GRC • Basel II/III Compliance • Third Party Due Diligence • Anti-Money Laundering • Audit Management • Incident and Case Management • Regulatory Intelligence for Banks • Trading Surveillance
Account ManagementBusiness Analysis

Dell

Senior IT/Sales Engineer - IT | Cyber Security Solutions

Jul 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore, India

  • DTC – Enterprise – Technological Products and Security services
  • Dell Powered Server/System –Software - Network Security
  • Small Business – Technical Guidance, Services and Sales
  • Software / Hardware – Issues diagnostics &
  • Troubleshooting – Dispatch /Replacements
  • Online Cloud Storage – Backup and Recovery
  • Software and OS installation- Windows 10 Certified
  • Dell Product and Security services – Vendor Portfolio
  • Networking and Information security, Analytical reports
  • INCIDENT /CHANGE/ DISPATCH MANAGEMENT
  • SIEBEL - ADMINISTRATION/Configuration
  • DELL SERV - ADMINISTRATION/Configuration
  • HFN/C2F – ADMINISTRATION/Configuration
Sales EngineeringCybersecurity Solutions

Ibm

Technical Engineer - National Australian Bank – Technology/Security Infrastructure.

Sep 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore, India

  • Working extensively on Active Directory. Managing Central ID. Network Resource, Rights and Certificates.
  • Server Level Down time Escalations
  • Communicate with NAB clients and log incidents and work towards resolving and escalating them within stipulated time.
  • Worked extensively on Microsoft Word,Excel,reporting and process automation for finance
  • Worked as an Admin for setting up login, password and installation VMware for Banking clients
  • Being an active member of the team and work towards the completion of the project within the mentioned SLA
  • Working on Incident Management tools like Tivoli Service Manager and ISM
  • Taking care of Backup and recovery of databases
  • Showing the operational status of services using prebuilt reports, scorecards and dashboards for fast data analysis with the help of TSM and to give better service
  • KPI’s that analyze and track service levels
Technical SupportIncident Management

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Information Technology

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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