Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Personal Projects
Certification
Volunteer Experience
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Deepa B

Presales Manager

Summary

Experienced and dedicated professional with over 15 years of experience in pivotal roles across AI, Data Analytics, Storage, and IT Service Management industries. Proven ability to build and nurture strong client relationships, ensuring customer satisfaction and successful implementation of solutions. Skilled in understanding client needs, providing strategic guidance, and delivering tailored solutions to achieve business objectives. Passionate about leveraging technology to drive value for clients and enhance overall customer experience. Recognized for friendly and professional demeanor, coupled with genuine passion for client assistance.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Presales Manager

ORMAE
06.2023 - Current
  • Established and managed sales pipelines, achieving targets and identifying new market opportunities.
  • Oversaw entire customer lifecycle, enhancing satisfaction through customer-centric approach and modern strategies.
  • Streamlined internal processes by developing and implementing efficient pre-sales procedures and documentation standards.
  • Resolved escalated customer issues promptly, maintaining positive relationships and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
  • Built and nurtured strong client relationships, driving long-term partnerships and business growth.
  • Guided customers through proof-of-concept projects, effectively demonstrating product capabilities.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including Data Scientists and Engineers, to develop optimal solutions and achieve customer goals.
  • Fostered culture of continuous improvement, encouraging team members to contribute ideas for process enhancements.
  • Led and motivated team members, conducting performance reviews and providing constructive feedback.
  • Represented company at industry conferences and trade shows, enhancing brand awareness and showcasing products.

Client Solutions Partner

Quantiphi
09.2021 - 05.2023
  • Executed end-to-end Presales strategies in the Data & Analytics industry, enhancing business growth.
  • Effectively communicated product/service information to customers through delivering technical presentations.
  • Managed team operations by effectively handling hiring, training, and fostering professional development.
  • Achieved consistent and prompt resolution of customer issues within assigned portfolio, ensuring complete satisfaction.
  • Collaborated with Solution Architects and Data Science teams to analyze business problems.
  • Cultivated relationships with partners/customers and implemented effective business strategies.
  • Researched client industries, gained insight into business requirements, and resolved obstacles.
  • Planned and executed short-term and long-range projects, effectively managing teamwork and exceeding client expectations.

Senior Sales Engineer Analyst

Dell Technologies
10.2015 - 09.2021
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams including Field, Engineering, Sales, Services, Technical product managers, Divisional heads, Support and Business Groups to drive customer success.
  • Collaborated with customers to understand requirements and concerns, translating them into actionable results
  • Optimized sales procedures for seamless progression and successful closure of opportunities.
  • Successfully led teams in meeting essential KPI targets such as SLA, Quality, NPS, and CSATs.
  • Enhanced understanding of product offerings by consistently researching competitor technical specifications, product data, and industry standards.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to effectively address and resolve escalations.
  • Enhanced team performance through effective talent management

Team Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.2008 - 09.2015
  • Monitored, controlled and supported service delivery by implementing systems, methodologies and procedures, whilst leading a team of 20 engineers.
  • Enhanced team performance through consistent coaching, feedback, and skill development.
  • Promoted positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
  • Managed schedules, approved time off requests, and coordinated coverage for short shifts.
  • Prioritized metrics and achieved operational goals assigned at process level.
  • Ensured compliance with ISO 20K & ISO 27K standards by conducting audits and preparing delivery.
  • Achieved Client Service Level Agreements by managing various communication channels such as calls, tickets, requests, emails, and chats.
  • Identified operational gaps and opportunities through root cause analysis to enhance service delivery.
  • Developed strong customer relationships by maintaining a positive attitude and providing attentive responses.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
09.2004 - 07.2008

Skills

Team Leadership

Service Delivery & Operations Management

Account Management

Client Relationship Management

Decision-Making

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Proposal Development

Customer Satisfaction

Performance Management

Training and Coaching

Recruitment and Hiring

Verbal and Written Communication

Accomplishments

  • Recognized under the Results Category, for driving a sales campaign for a commercial customer (01/2020)
  • Received a Delight award under Winning Together Category, for closing a deal worth $43M for an enterprise customer (10/2019)
  • Received a Bravo award under Winning Together Category, for driving and leading the Technical Solution Deck that came from the South Division as a pilot. The deck was greatly appreciated by the SE Leadership which lead to piloting the same in other Divisions across Americas (10/2018)
  • Recognized with the “Leading the Way - Bronze" award by Tom Egan (Senior Vice President, Global ITO Delivery) for improving the SLA for Severity 4 and avoiding financial penalties
  • Recognized by the Symantec Global Ops Manager (Billie-Jean Duke-Becker) for significantly improving the SLA for Severity 4 and avoiding financial penalties for the months of November'12, December'12 and January'13

Personal Projects

Business Acumen Project

· Created content for end-to-end sales motion, how the sales motion works

· Created content on competitive awareness and market research content for Dell EMC product


Capacity Planning Project

· Analyzed the volume pattern for a division and forecast the volumes for the next quarter

· Capacity planning for the forecast volume


Technical Solution Deck Project

· Created template for technical solution deck and worked with global stakeholders for sign off

· Socialized and marketed the TSD for internal usage and for customer presentation


Part of the SDE led ‘Go Green' project on Pre-Emptive Metrics

· This required driving and reporting the following metrics - Forecasting Accuracy% , SLA for High Priority Tickets% & Open Tickets%

· Initiated and successfully closed the CIPs for 3 of pre-emptive metrics (Case Log Accuracy%, Open Ticket% and % of Tickets Closed)

Certification

Specialist - Cloud Architect, Cloud Infrastructure Version 3.0 (DCS-CA)

Volunteer Experience

  • Launched the "Girl Power" Initiative in Bangalore, aiming to support girls' education and raise awareness about their well-being.
  • Been a part of Tree plantation event at Bidadi in partnership with Save Trees NGO, which was organized by Planet ERG India
  • Helping convert some of the e-books into audio format. During the pandemic, while most of us worked from home, we used this opportunity to engage with students from various fields through our voices.
  • Writing Motivational/Inspirational letters to students

Timeline

Presales Manager

ORMAE
06.2023 - Current

Client Solutions Partner

Quantiphi
09.2021 - 05.2023

Specialist - Cloud Architect, Cloud Infrastructure Version 3.0 (DCS-CA)

04-2021

ITIL Service Design (ITIL-SD)

07-2017

ITIL Service Strategy (ITIL-SS)

07-2017

Information Storage & Management

11-2015

Senior Sales Engineer Analyst

Dell Technologies
10.2015 - 09.2021

ITIL v3 Foundations

01-2012

Team Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11.2008 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science

Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
09.2004 - 07.2008
Deepa BPresales Manager