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ASHA SIVASAMY

Summary

Smart working, results-oriented BE(CSE) MBA (Fulltime) around 8.1 years of strong experience into Market Research, Data Analysis, Lead Generation, Sales Support and Marketing Operations, Account Qualification. Proven experience as a researcher and writer, with a portfolio showcasing high-quality content. Excellent research skills, with the ability to gather, analyze, and create content using multiple sources Proficiency in using AI tools and other technology platforms for research and content creation Experienced Senior Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the IT, Publishing and Accessibility Services, Payroll Services Industries. Skilled in Secondary Market Research with key attention to detail. Key Areas worked: Market Research- - Secondary Research - Email Campaigns - Team Managing - MS Office – Sales Support - Operations - Lead Generation – US, UK,Canada and European Regions –Webinar Closed Caption Proof Reading – Brochure Proofreading, Content Writing, Marketing Communications

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Research Analyst

Banyan Software LLC, DEEL EOR PRIVATE LIMITED
08.2024 - 01.2025
  • Banyan Software is into Mergers and Acquisitions(M&A) with buy and hold principle. Focuses on Accounts with Vertical Market Software
    Role:
    Market Research:
     Leading a team of 5 research executives-guiding, training and mentoring
     Managing Internal and External Stakeholders
     Managing Projects and Utilized subscription tools such as Finlistics, GlobalData, and Gartner to analyze and provide comprehensive data to Leadership
     Worked on new trackers and focused accounts, providing the sales team with comprehensive information
     Facilitated the development of staff by providing training, coaching, and feedback.
     Managed daily workflow of team members to meet organizational goals.
     Analyzed financial data to identify trends and areas for improvement.
     Created monthly reports outlining progress on key initiatives.
     Identified opportunities for process improvements and increased efficiency

BD -Lead Generation,Market Research,Sales Support

Amnet Content Source, Subsidiary of Amnet Systems Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 08.2024
  • Business Development –Market Research and, Publishing Services, Creative Publishing Services, Accessibility Services

 Conduct research and analysis across a wide range of assignments including market assessment & sizing, competitive analysis & benchmarking, industry/sector analysis, vendor identification, and business plans etc.
 Stay updated with the latest news, developments, and emerging trends and translate this knowledge into actionable insights.
 Utilize research papers and other advanced research techniques including AI to gather data, analyze information, and identify key findings.
 Generate high-quality written content that is engaging, informative, and valuable to our target audience using both personal skill and AI.
 Ensure all content is well-structured, easily understandable, and free from grammatical errors and inconsistencies.
 Create compelling titles & headlines that will capture the attention of the target audience
 Ability to filter out large information into simple key points in understandable format such as Reports, Spreadsheet etc
 Preparing Reports and Documents relevant to Secondary Research and Company Profiling.

  • Secondary Research: Content Analysis, Case Studies, literature review
     Identify the topic of research
     Identify research sources
     Collect existing data
     Combine and compare
     Analyze data
    Secondary Research Methods:
     Internet
     Government and Non-Government Agencies
     Public Libraries
     Educational Institutions
     Research Journals
     Internal Sales and Customer Data

    Staffing Support- Research and Operations
     Talent Identification & Mapping – Finding high-potential candidates through databases, social media, competitor analysis, and networking.
     Passive Candidate Engagement – Establishing relationships with professionals who may not be actively job-seeking but could be valuable future hires.
     Employer Brand Promotion – Educating potential candidates about the company's culture, values, and opportunities.
     Talent Pool Management – Maintaining a database of strong candidates for future hiring needs.

Executive -Market Research

SRM Technologies
08.2016 - 01.2017

Market Research
 Served as a liaison between staff members and senior management personnel.
 Assisted in the development of operational strategies to ensure efficient and productive operations.
 Provided guidance and support to junior staff members on daily tasks, projects, and objectives.
 Conducted regular performance reviews for employees to identify areas of improvement.
 Communicated regularly with customers to gain insights into their needs.
 Established processes for monitoring customer satisfaction levels.
 Created reports on sales trends, inventory levels, and financial data.
 Analyzed data from surveys or feedback forms to identify opportunities for improvement.
 Conduct research and analysis across a wide range of assignments including market assessment & sizing, competitive analysis & benchmarking, industry/sector analysis, vendor identification, and business plans etc.
 Stay updated with the latest news, developments, and emerging trends and translate this knowledge into actionable insights.
 Utilize research papers and other advanced research techniques including AI to gather data, analyze information, and identify key findings.
 Generate high-quality written content that is engaging, informative, and valuable to our target audience using both personal skill and AI.
Sales Support(Lead Generation) and Operations
 Supporting the team for Lead Generation
 Sharing the team database to the Inside sales team Head and Co-ordination
 Regular check and Maintain and Upload all the leads generated in ZOHO CRM Software
 Follow up with Sales Team regarding MQL and SQL
 Generating Sales Reports,Adhoc –Reports and forecasting reports as and when needed
 Knowledge of TAM,SAM,SOM
 Analyzing the Quality of Leads by gathering feedback from the Inside Sales Team.
 Worked across US,UK,Canada and European Regions.
 Providing periodic Business Information Reports on weekly, monthly and yearly basis to the Management.
 Representing BD Team for Auditing.
 Strong Knowledge in Lead Generation Tools.


Lead Generating Tools Used:
LinkedIn Sales Navigator,Lusha, Crunchbase, Snovio, Kendo, Prospectworx, Hunter.io,Kendo,Lusha,Apollo.io,Skrapp.io,Salesql,Adapt,SignalHire,Hoovers,Zoominfo,Swordfish,
PIPILeads, Google, ZoomInfo, Datacom, InsideView.

Executive

ADP INDIA PRIVATE LTD
05.2013 - 03.2014
  • Products Handled – ADP Payroll Services, Payroll on Cloud, HRMS, Statutory Compliance Services, Time and Attendance onCloud, Leave Management System on Cloud
  • Role:
  • Promoted products and services generated leads and initiated sales
  • Established and improved client communications; maintained ongoing relationships
  • Evaluated target markets
  • Co-coordinating with CRM and Business Development Management Team
  • Dealing with prospects across PAN India and Sri Lanka
  • Addressed customer inquiries, interpreted and delivered information, proposed suggestions, provided guidance, identified, investigated and negotiated conflicts
  • Generating Marketing Qualified Leads
  • Data Research and Data Validation.

Product Executive

REDINGTON INDIA LTD
, CA
08.2012 - 04.2013
  • Products Handled - Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune, Cloud
  • Role:
  • Partner Recruitment and Enablement
  • Conduct Partner/End Customer sales and technical training
  • Customer Short listing and giving Demos
  • Help to conduct Partner Workshops and Partner Customer Events
  • Help Partners to close the lead with customers
  • Lead Generation
  • Order Loading and Billing
  • Sales and marketing activities including ad campaign, business development
  • Interaction with Vendors
  • Handled after sales customer queries.

Ansaldo Caldaie Boilers India Private Ltd, ASHA
Chennai
05.2011 - 05.2011
  • Employees satisfaction level at work
  • Project Highlights:
  • Discovered the various expectations that determine the satisfaction level of employee
  • Measured the level of satisfaction of employees with respect to the company
  • Survey taken by use of questionnaire to random sample that helps to find out employee satisfaction
  • Results were categorized on the basis of skill matrix
  • Excel
  • Questionnaire
  • B.E Project work Details, Data Migration, Translation and Transformation to optimize the Database Management System, Data Migration is the process of translating data from one format to another
  • Data migration is necessary when organization decides to use database management system that is incompatible with the current system
  • Data migration is performed by a set of customized programs that automatically transfer data
  • There are many software’s for migrating data from one database management system to other database management systems
  • Most of them are platform dependent
  • But this project developed is platform independent
  • Role :
  • Prototyped, wrote code, tested, debugged and created formal usability reports
  • Developed functional specifications and use cases
  • Preparation of System documents and system requirement documents
  • IT skills
  • Real time experience in development of web service, web applications and client server applications
  • Knowledge in Visual Studio 2003
  • ASP
  • Net1.1, C# and SQL Server 2000
  • Worked, Knowledge in C & C++
  • Personal, Female
  • Nationality : Indian
  • Languages known : Tamil, .40/51, I hereby declare that the above-furnished information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
  • Chennai Yours Sincerely
  • Date:

Education

M.B.A - HR& Marketing

University of Madras
GPA: 78.49%

B.E - Computer Science & Engg

Meenakshi Sundararajan Engg College
GPA: 78%

HSC - undefined

Sacred Heart Matric Hr.Sec.School
GPA: 89.4%

SSLC - undefined

Sacred Heart Matric Hr.Sec. School
GPA: 77.6%

Skills

  • Professional Skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • Strong time management and organizational skills
  • Secondary Research Tools Used:
  • Stravito
  • Statista
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Chat GPT-Internet Brower Pro
  • Google Trends
  • Answer the Public
  • Data Mining
  • Strong working knowledge of MS Office Excel, Power Point, Word
  • Tools -Linkedin Sales Navigator,AdvancedExcel
  • Proficient in ZOHO CRM,Salesforce

Microsoft Excel

SWOT analysis

Cost-benefit analysis

Qualitative analysis

Industry analysis

Competitive analysis

Quantitative analysis

Google analytics

Business intelligence

Economic analysis

Salesforce CRM

Teamwork and collaboration

Customer service

Problem-solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Problem-solving abilities

Multitasking Abilities

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Active listening

Adaptability and flexibility

Certification

Certification Name : Market Research Certification Organization: Great Learning Certification Name :Advanced Email Marketing Certification Organization: Simplilearn Certification Name:LinkedIn Advanced.Lead Generation Strategies for B2B Sales Certification Organization:Udemy

Timeline

Business Research Analyst - Banyan Software LLC, DEEL EOR PRIVATE LIMITED
08.2024 - 01.2025
BD -Lead Generation,Market Research,Sales Support - Amnet Content Source, Subsidiary of Amnet Systems Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 08.2024
Executive -Market Research - SRM Technologies
08.2016 - 01.2017
Executive - ADP INDIA PRIVATE LTD
05.2013 - 03.2014
Product Executive - REDINGTON INDIA LTD
08.2012 - 04.2013
- Ansaldo Caldaie Boilers India Private Ltd, ASHA
05.2011 - 05.2011
University of Madras - M.B.A, HR& Marketing
Meenakshi Sundararajan Engg College - B.E, Computer Science & Engg
Sacred Heart Matric Hr.Sec.School - HSC,
Sacred Heart Matric Hr.Sec. School - SSLC,
ASHA SIVASAMY