DEEPAK LAKHWANI

Setup the MEA sales, sales operations, and marketing functions for the company. Joined as the first sales personnel and since then have setup the sales operations in MEA and have generated significant business.

• Achieved USD 1 Mn closure in 2021-2023 (Up by 110% from previous year)
• Increased recurring revenue to USD 500K yearly from 0 within 3 years
• Closed deals with the largest of the banks and financial institutions in the regions
• Opened up new geographies like Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Saudi Arabia.
• Established a client planning process focused on driving growth via cross- and up-sell. 80% of customers gave new business within the 1 year of implementation.
• Managed inside sales team to create multi-million dollar pipeline.

• Lighted new geographies like Bahrain, Afghanistan and Iran
• Before I took over this assignment there were only 5 customers in these territories and within 3 years of operations, I added 35+ new customers
• Started developing the new & existing markets and now the territory is delivering consistent predictable business
• Increased sales volume by adding 100% in the first year
• Banked revenue from AMCs' has increased multifold
• Successful in breaking into large enterprise and financial institutions like Al Madina Takaful (Oman), Watania Insurance (UAE), Al Ansari Exchange (UAE) etc
• Partnered with the right organization in UAE to acquire many government clients like, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Interior, Department of Transport, Mawaqif, Ajman Executive council, Ask
• Dubai, General Civil Aviation etc
• Acquired many customers in verticals like e-commerce, Retail, Travel & Tourism, BPO etc
• Signed up and managed Channel Partners to drive business through partner network
• Grew the business through direct Customer acquisition since these were relatively new territories for Drishti
• Planned and participated in MECC event in Dubai for three years (2015, 2016 & 2017)
• Planned and participated in Telecom event at Tehran International Fairgrounds from 25th to 28th September 2016 in Iran
• Below are the links to some of the testimonial from my customer/partner as a case study, http://www.ameyo.com/blog/al-ansari-deploys-ameyo- contact-center-technology-to-streamline-customer-support

• While working for Africa business, I handled Mauritius market and provided sales support in
• Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.