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Nikhil D Shankar

Co-founder
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Nikhil D Shankar

Summary

Focused Business Development Manager and Co-Founder with proven expertise in driving growth and establishing new market footholds. Leveraging extensive knowledge in product/service promotion and market penetration, coupled with a background in building and nurturing profitable partnerships.

As a co-founder, successfully developed and executed business strategies that led to measurable organizational growth, while overseeing essential business functions including growth, business development, and partnerships.

Demonstrated ability in end-to-end sales and account management, along with hands-on experience creating scalable business models that enhance profitability. Known for a collaborative approach and strong communication skills, instrumental in fostering sustainable business relationships and empowering team success.

Overview

11
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
3
Certificates
3
Languages

Work History

Bloombuz Media Pvt Ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka

Co-Founder
02.2024 - Current

Job overview

As the Co-founder of Bloombuz,

  • I drive the company's growth through strategic business development, cultivating impactful partnerships, and building robust inbound and outbound channels.
  • My role involves leveraging industry insights to develop scalable growth strategies, establish and nurture key relationships, and streamline outreach processes that consistently elevate brand visibility and client acquisition.
  • Focused on delivering measurable results, I integrate data-driven methodologies to optimize customer engagement, enhance lead generation, and drive sustained growth across multiple channels.

Adobe Inc
Bengaluru

Customer Success Account Manager
06.2023 - 10.2023

Job overview

  • Assisted 500+ organizations to enhance their market penetration whilst reaping better ROI on their Adobe investments.
  • Built and strengthened long-lasting client relationships based on accurate adoption strategies and growth in consumption/utilization of their investments.
  • Oversaw new business development to generate revenue through expansion and acquisition.
  • Recommended feasible products to customers to encourage renewals & cross purchases and foster customer loyalty.
  • Addressed problems with accounting, billing, and service delivery to maintain and enhance client satisfaction.



Volopay
Bengaluru

Sales Account Executive
07.2022 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • End to end sales of Expenses Management products/system through MQLs and SQLs.
  • Worked closely with multiple C-level personas and stakeholders to deploy and enhance employee experience.
  • Consulting and reforming organizations Finance stack and re-strategize their cash flow monitoring.
  • Established fluency in positioning GTM strategies, articulating and presenting capabilities of Volopay's platform, its Analytics, API integrations, and Automation.
  • Onboarded new logos from Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Media, Manufacturing, Technology, e-Commerce, BFSI, Apparel & Fashion industry verticals.

Yellow AI
Bengaluru

Sales Manager
11.2020 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Responsible for enhancing end to end customer journey - from cold calling new customers to nurturing existing Enterprise clients.
  • Customer centric approach - value based selling as per customer requirements.
  • Ability to analyze the customers pain points & data to recommend right offerings i.e., right channels to automate, right journeys to build and success stories of similar use cases.
  • Enriching Enterprise accounts' CX in North America region by digitally transforming their CX through AI and ML solutions.
  • Handled business across industries - such as, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing, e-Commerce and many more.
  • Produced contracts, reports, and proposals for clients by working swiftly with Legal, Finance and Marketing teams.

Zinfra Group
Melbourne, Australia

Project Development – Intern
06.2018 - 10.2018

Job overview

  • Led explorative analytical research with innovation management team on challenges confronted in surveying electrical assets.
  • Developed multiple innovative solutions/designs leveraging revolutionary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and UAVs, minimizing risk to human resources.
  • Project acknowledged and published by IEEE during “2019 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman (UVS)”.

Capgemini Global
Bengaluru

Senior Software Engineer
04.2014 - 05.2016

Job overview

  • Successfully managed users including creation/alteration, grants of system/DB roles and permissions on various database objects.
  • Developing relationships with clients across categories with intent of being their preferred partner for servicing their requirements.
  • Collaborated with Project Managers to efficiently coordinate and communicate with developers and design groups on bug fixes, enhancements and other modifications.

Education

Swinburne University
Melbourne, Australia

Master of Professional Engineering from Engineering Management
02.2017 - 11.2018

University Overview

  • Member of Swinburne’s Postgraduate Association
  • Resource planning and Management in project scenarios
  • Capability to identify, capture and manage innovation and development of technology
  • Defining fundamental activities in a project
  • Understanding the principles of effective leadership and responsible team- work in a professional environment
  • Basic understanding of applying coherent knowledge concepts and techniques to discover and develop entrepreneurial opportunities

Amrita School of Engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka

Bachelor of Technology from Electronics And Communications Engineering
06.2009 - 12.2013

University Overview

Software

Salesforce

Outplay

Sales Navigator

MS Office

HubSoft

Outreach

Adobe Express

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • Automatic Fault Detection of Power Lines using UAV
  • Nikhil Dwarakanath Shankar, et.al, (2018) “Automatic Fault Detection of Power Lines using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)”, published in the Journal of IEEE Xplore - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8658283

Certification

Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modelling

Timeline

Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT

10-2024
Co-Founder
Bloombuz Media Pvt Ltd.
02.2024 - Current
Customer Success Account Manager
Adobe Inc
06.2023 - 10.2023
Sales Account Executive
Volopay
07.2022 - 06.2023
Sales Manager
Yellow AI
11.2020 - 06.2022

Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modelling

03-2019
Project Development – Intern
Zinfra Group
06.2018 - 10.2018
Swinburne University
Master of Professional Engineering from Engineering Management
02.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Capgemini Global
04.2014 - 05.2016

Digital Signal Processors and Applications’

07-2011
Amrita School of Engineering
Bachelor of Technology from Electronics And Communications Engineering
06.2009 - 12.2013

Skills

Business Development

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Interests

Spirituality

Science

Sports

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
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