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Hanuma Prasad Naropanth

Hanuma Prasad Naropanth

Business Lead
Bengaluru

Summary

Sales development enthusiast with 8+ years of exp in Inside Sales – B2B - Business Development in US & Canadian market – SaaS & Product Sales specialized in Cold Calling, Social Selling (LinkedIn, ZoomInfo) Lead Generation, Email marketing campaigns - Market Research, Secondary Research - RFP’s, RFQ’s, Client Acquisition, Pre Sales & Post Sales Support covering industries like Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Fintech, Automotive, Computer Software, Transportation, eCommerce etc.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Lead

InOpTra Digital
Bengaluru
08.2021 - Current
  • Achievements:
    Ingram Micro: Deployed a 6-member team on GCP DevOps
    SmartEquip: Deployed a 5-member team that includes Product Owners, Agile Scrum Masters.

    Role:
    Prospecting opportunities for IT managed services from the US market ranging from Testing, Data Analytics, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure and Integration, Networking (NOC & SOC), Application Development (Frontend & Backend), Mobile (Android & iOS), Embedded IoT & Staffing Augmentation.
    Responsibilities:
    • Inside sales – Business Development - Adding new logos from the US market by targeting the decision makers like C-Level, Directors, and VPs from multiple industries like Fintech, InsureTech, Manufacturing, Software Development, E-commerce, Retail, Healthcare, Telematics, Transportation, E-Learning, Gaming, etc.
    • B2B - Lead Generation - Making a reach out with Cold Calling, Email Campaigns, and Chat messages on Vonage and LinkedIn.
    • Targeting IT services like DevOps Solutions, Data Analytics, Cloud integration and migration, QA Automation, Infrastructure NOC & SOC, and Application Development (Web and Mobile – iOS & Android).
    • Hold the responsibility of new business development from Pre-sales - prospecting – lead generation – lead qualification – First Level demos till the stage of proposal writing and post-sales activities.
    • Experience targeting expos like NRF, Apex, AHR, ATA, CONEXPO, Battery Show, HIMSS, IMTS, ISC West, ITS World Congress, Modex, MWC, MedTrade, RSA, and TechEx North America.
    • Inside sales generating qualified leads – lead generation through Cold Calling / Outbound Calling followed by email marketing campaigns and social selling approach on LinkedIn as part of new business development
    • Leveraging tools like ZoomInfo, Crunchbase, Rocketreach, Owler, etc for data mapping, market research, and secondary research.
    • Balancing the multiple ways of reaching out like cold calling, email marketing social selling, and text messaging on Vonage for appointment generation for F2F meetings and Con calls.
    • Effective usage of hashtags for gathering companies and relevant people on LinkedIn is part of social selling.
    • Playing an active part in taking the qualified leads to the second level technical discussions till closure - part of new client acquisition.
    • Nurturing the warm leads to the next level of sales closure following up with post-sales activities.
    • Technology-based market research and data mapping mixed with secondary research in pulling out lead information.
    • Responding to RFPs, RFQ, and RFI’s in the process of Pre Sales and post-sales for client acquisition – NDA, MSA & SoW.
    • Handling multiple sales campaigns, sales forecasting, online sales, cloud sales, pipeline management for services selling, and solutions selling.
    • Handling demand generation, competitive analysis, requirement gathering, account management with the client wins, Active pipeline management, sales forecasting, being part of negotiations, network development, and client relationship management.
    • Requirement gathering – demand generation – Proposal writing - solution selling – Cloud Sales.
    • Sales forecasting and Sales campaigning targeted at technology or industry.
    • Effective pipeline management with strategic reach outs on all platforms in the process of network development and client relationship management and on new client acquisition

Sr. Inside Sales Representative

Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
Bengaluru
11.2020 - 08.2021
  • Role: Prospecting opportunities for the US market on QAT, Mobility, Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Digital Transformation, BI & Analytics, AI/ML, IoT, and Enterprise Application Development.

    Achievements: Deals Closed

    Cloud Control: Staffing Augmentation on providing AWS Cloud Architects 3 positions

    Responsibilities:
    • Reaching out to US stakeholders Targeting IT Services B2B as part of Inside Sales – Lead generation – Business Development activities.
    • Initiating conversations – appointment setting with decision makers from the US market like C-Level, VPs, Directors, IT managers, and Sr. Architects via Cold Calling/Outbound Calling, Email Campaigns, LinkedIn, and Survey Monkey form connecting with them on Con Calls and F2F meetings for discovery calls.
    • Briefing the IT capabilities and scheduling the discovery calls with the prospects as part of lead generation.
    • Driving the calls with qualifying questions and initiating the 2nd level discussions with SMEs.
    • Leveraging tools like Zoominfo, Crunchbase, Rocketreach, and Signalhire for market research and tracing emails.
    • Understanding the requirement (Requirement Gathering) and sending them the proposal RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and negotiations followed with NDA, MSA, and SoW moving forward.
    • Driving the pre-sales and post-sales support activities – Client Acquisition.
    • Handling Account management and driving new business development with new requirements from time to time – Demand Generation.
    • Services Selling – Solutions Selling - Adding new logos meeting quarterly targets as part of new revenue generation.
    • Data Mapping – Targeting a region for dedicated monthly campaigns with regards to technology (Cloud Sales), industry like Manufacturing, Fintech, Retail, Healthcare, InsureTech, Edtech, Transportation, eCommerce, etc.
    • Sales Campaigns – Online Sales – Sales Quiz posing relevant questions.
    • Sales Forecasting and hitting the Lead generation targets that help in effective pipeline management.
    • Account Mining with new opportunities - Client Relationship Management & New Business Development.

Business Development Specialist

Ideabytes
Hyderabad
08.2017 - 10.2020
  • Role:
    Prospecting opportunities – Inside Sales – Online Sales for US & Canada:
    a. SaaS-based Cloud product Cloud sales into Transport, Shipping & Logistics domain (Dangerous Goods – HAZMAT software Sales – solution sales).
    b. Testing Automation QA services and TSE (Test Suite Express) Testing Platform – managed services SaaS – TaaS in the US & Canadian markets.

    Achievements: Business Deals Closed – Cloud Sales

    US Xpress: for DGDOX (Dangerous Goods Documentation), a Web-based SaaS Product for Road in the US (2018)
    Austin Powder: DGDOX & Data Integration to our Platform for Road in Canada. (2018)
    Arnold Brothers: DGSMS (Dangerous Goods Safety Management Systems) Web-based SaaS Product for HAZMAT Placarding on Road for US & Canada and DGDOX. (2018)
    Hazmat Logistics: DGDOX (Dangerous Goods Documentation) for DG training

    (2019)
    The North West Company Ltd: Data Integration & DGDOX - -SaaS product.

    (2020)
    The Pet Shadow Group LLC, USA – Prototype project for developing a Collar for pets (Product development) and mobile app for pet owners.
    The Hazmat Logistics LLC, UAE - DGDOX (Dangerous Goods Documentation) Saas product
    The Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Germany – IATA Checklist Mobile App.

    Responsibilities:
    • Inside Sales – Online Sales - First point of contact for our product sales & testing services offerings to prospective customers – cold calling.
    • Proactively indulge in B2B – Business to Business / E2E – Enterprise to Enterprise - Lead generation – email marketing & Cold Calling / Outbound Calling
    • Lead generation via LinkedIn Hashtag – keywords search and outbound calling.
    • Articulating strong business communication skills – Inbound Sales – Outbound Sales – Enterprise Sales with secondary research methods
    • Account Mapping in the process of New Client Acquisition through effective Account management -business meetings & IT service management – product service – managed services – pipelining & forecasting.
    • Indulging in market research & Data mapping – data mining on prospective companies in the assigned territory by adopting Competitive Analysis & Pipeline & Forecasting management.
    • Running effective email marketing campaigns (Software Sales - Drafts) & cold calling – Intro Videos - qualifying the leads – business communication skills & etiquette.
    • Engaging the prospects on cloud sales with social marketing - LinkedIn posts related to the services and product sales followed with Survey Monkey forms as part of market research to gather information on the lead–managed services - solution sales.
    • Effectively articulating the value proposition associated with the Company product sales & services – data mapping – data mining - business communication skills & etiquette for new client acquisition – Inside Sales - customer services – customer satisfaction
    • Recommending the business solutions considering customer needs – cloud sales and company interests – Demand generation
    • Scheduling F2F discussions / Con calls with the decision makers and influencers.
    • Handling the initial demos and presentations undertaking IT service delivery management.
    • Briefing them on product attributes handling business meetings – product service – pipelining & forecasting – team management
    • Undertaking several B2B – Business to Business / E2E – Enterprise to Enterprise - Sales management & marketing strategies that involve sending in-mails, Social Marketing, and effective Business Writing techniques – competitive analysis covering the Presales activities / Proposal writing and query handling on the requirements – customer interaction
    • Building relationships with customers based on knowledge of company technology product sales and services – account management – revenue planning – demand generation - product service – cloud sales - Online sales – pipelining & forecasting closure – post-sales.
    • Organizing B2B Business to Business – E2E Enterprise to enterprise virtual webinars for software sales pitch & sales process.
    • Drive the revenue-building process with Product Selling and Services Selling and handling the Sales Account – sales management with better customer interaction with client engagement and post-sales support – customer services – customer satisfaction
    • Effective usage of sources like LinkedIn – Zoominfo - Crunch base to name a few for data mapping – data mining - profiling – lead generation - campaigns – outbound calling - forecasting and building the database pitching CXOs, decision-makers, and influencers for new business development – Software sales.
    • Staying abreast of current industry trends and market research strategy - challenges involved in the targeted industries' international business for Product Selling – gap analysis - showcasing the product attributes and Solution sales - Selling.
    • Liaising with various departments (Product Development - Product Management, product Service, Support, etc.) to share inputs.
    • Organizing quiz contests related to services offering and products - Social Marketing
    • Prioritizing multiple demands and leveraging cross-functional resources to achieve desired results – new business development – sales process – campaigns and target achievement – Inside sales – demand generation – cloud sales - project delivery
    • Coordinating with onsite Sales teams – team management and setting up Business appointments and scheduling meetings with our DG / HAZMAT Expert & SME.
    • Effective Database management with daily reports and analysis with the management.
    • Initiating the First Level Meetings and communicating with the trial usage with the prospects – client engagement activities – RFPs & RFQs – Proposal writing - billing - invoices
    • Handling the Revenue Planning, Proposal Preparation, Proposal Writing, Gap Analysis of any shortfalls, NDAs, RFPs & RFQs, Billing and Proof of Concepts (POCs) – product management in the line of the Inside Sales process – handling sales accounts
    • Following up with the Price Quotes with the proposal, negotiations, post-sales – international business – target achievement – IT Service management, and closing it.
    • Handling PreSales and Post-Sales Support with weekly meetings and getting the updates under Client management – negotiations and customer satisfaction for productive project delivery & product service with closure - closing skills.
    • Assisting and knowledge sharing with the team on writing business proposal writing – email marketing campaigns as a pitch with the customers
    • Getting recurring business from customers – cloud sales - IT Service Management.

Business Development Executive

Atmecs Technologies
Hyderabad
01.2016 - 07.2017

Role: Prospecting opportunities for QA Testing Services (On priority) - NOC Network Operations, Market Research, Big Data, Mobile, Custom Application Development, DevOps – Managed services - Solution sales – Online sales – Inside sales.

Achievements
Business Deals Closed (2017)

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc: Chat Bot project on AI / ML, paid in Shares.
High Fidelity: Closed a Testing project in providing QA resources


Responsibilities:
• Handling effective inside sales monthly B2B – Business to Business / E2E Enterprise to Enterprise - lead generation – Inside sales - email marketing & Cold Calling / Outbound Calling campaigns in stipulated areas – RFPs & RFQs.
• Focus on targeting prospects in the US Market for business meetings – Software Sales – Online sales - Product attributes – Gap analysis - New client acquisition – proposal writing - closure – closing skills.
• Lead generation via LinkedIn Hashtag search – Secondary Research also from outbound calling.
• Articulating strong business communication skills – Inbound Sales – Outbound Sales - Enterprise Sales
• Organizing B2B Business to Business – E2E Enterprise to enterprise virtual webinars for solution sales pitches in the sales process.
• Developing new presales and marketing strategies in achieving new business and account management – competitive analysis - team management - Inside Sales – email marketing campaigns - business communication skills & etiquette.
• Data mapping – data mining & gap analysis - B2B Business to Business – & forecasting pipeline – lead generation and fixing appointments with C-Level executives, directors, VPs & other decision-makers, and influencers – business meetings.
• Cold calling for follow-ups and engaging in next-level talks – Project delivery
• Emphasis on Market Research (MR), Strategy, Competitive Analysis, and Market Intelligence (MI) – pipelining & Forecasting - Business etiquettes – solution sales - Account management - business writing- RFPs & RFQs – Proposal writing.
• Effective usage of social marketing - platforms like LinkedIn, Hoovers, Gartner Quadrant, Crunch base, etc for data mapping – outbound calling – campaigns - new client acquisition and E2E – Enterprise to Enterprise - new business development – forecasting for international business & sales – managed services – post-sales.
• Generating positive responses following with proposal presentations – business communication skills & etiquettes - account mapping in the Software sales process & sales management – pipelining & forecasting - market research and strategy - revenue planning – demand generation - closure – managed services.
• Act as a primary point of contact for the company on matters including data mapping – data mining - account performance, client engagement, delivery, gap analysis of any shortfalls – presales - billing & negotiation of agreements with international business - Sales Accounts – sales management – pipelining & forecasting - customer services – customer satisfaction – Online Sales
• Second-level meetings and follow-ups - Social marketing.
• Handling daily activities that include team management - client handling, customer interactions, escalations to the concerned departments and timely deliveries – target achievement - meeting customer satisfaction – post sales on IT service management.
• Handling webinars on time to time basis and projecting the IT service offerings – new client acquisition.
• Custom e-mailing & Cold Calling of prospects after market research with timely follow-ups with building a database of prospects from different domains with CRM updates on day to day basis – new business development
• Social marketing involves social selling on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
• Service Portfolios – Competitive analysis - Calendar Invitations, Calendar Reminders, Time Slots w.r.t the prospects. Responding to RFPs, RFQs, RFI's by effective proposal writing – negotiations in the Presales process.
• Preparing proposals and drafts as part of RFPs & RFQs.
• Presenting the PoCs and coordination in the process of negotiations – client engagement - revenue planning - billing and signing NDAs – SoW for a productive closure – IT service management & project delivery.
• Assisting in the RFPs & RFQs - post-sales Support – customer services - attending queries and providing timely updates on project delivery for solution sales - negotiations – target achievement – demand generation - sales accounts – customer interaction - closing skills.
• Getting add-on requirements from clients – email marketing campaigns - IT Service management.

Business Development Executive

Global Data Solutions
Hyderabad
03.2015 - 10.2015

Responsibilities:
• Prospecting opportunities for QA Testing - Custom Application Development – Managed Services - Market Research - Mobile Apps in the US market – Inside Sales – PreSales
• Data mapping – lead generation and Gap analysis – secondary research - Online sales
• Competitive analysis - Cold Calling – outbound calling - Email marketing campaigns – Lead generation B2B Business to business – E2E – Enterprise to Enterprise – New client acquisition – Business meetings - Successful follow-ups with Project delivery
• Articulating strong business communication skills - Inbound Sales – Outbound Sales - Enterprise Sales
• RFPs & RFQs – proposal writing - customer interaction – client engagement – customer services – customer satisfaction – invoices - Billing
• Business communication & etiquette – team management - post-sales support – pipelining – forecasting activities – new business development – international business - sales account management – IT service management & project delivery
• Scheduling F2F demos and Con Calls with CXOs and other decision makers.
• Social marketing - tools like LinkedIn, Gartner Quadrant, and Crunchbase for Data mapping - sales process – Revenue planning – closure – Target achievement - closing skills

Education

MBA - Marketing And Entreprenuership

Indian Institute of Planning And Management (IIPM)
Hyderabad
06.2012 - 09.2014

Skills

Lead Generation

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Timeline

Business Lead

InOpTra Digital
08.2021 - Current

Sr. Inside Sales Representative

Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
11.2020 - 08.2021

Business Development Specialist

Ideabytes
08.2017 - 10.2020

Business Development Executive

Atmecs Technologies
01.2016 - 07.2017

Business Development Executive

Global Data Solutions
03.2015 - 10.2015

MBA - Marketing And Entreprenuership

Indian Institute of Planning And Management (IIPM)
06.2012 - 09.2014
Hanuma Prasad NaropanthBusiness Lead