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Prashant Gupta

Prashant Gupta

Sales Leadership - AI, Cloud and SaaS
Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Summary: 15+ years of professional experience, 8+ years of experience in leading sales teams selling cloud solutions to startups and enterprises. Business development, selling across geographies, consistently recognized for sales leadership in APJ and globally. An MBA and Computer science engineer by education. Prashant is known for scaling new ideas and using mechanisms to deliver outsized results. In 2023, he delivered 3x higher growth than overall AWS India while signing the largest commitment deals across the segment and driving the most number of mega migrations. B2B sales experience. Worked with all three hyperscalers, selling cloud solutions. Accelerated growth: Joined as L5 IC, promoted to L6 IC in 2 years, to L6 Manager in 1.5 years and L7 Manager in another 1.5 years. EPIC leadership style Amazon Writing Bar raiser

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Startup Sales Head, Fintech and Healthcare

Amazon Web Services
01.2022 - Current
  • AWS is the world's most comprehensive AI and cloud platform

Responsibilities:

  • Lead a $100M+ business portfolio for Fintech and Healthcare startups across India
  • Thought leadership: AWS Fintech Forum
  • Collaborate with other segments, geographies in APJ and the USA, functions: Solution Architect, Partner, Marketing and Support to drive joint success of customers and AWS business
  • Team Management: Leads a 9 member sales team, hired 8 employees (4 diversity), promoted 6 employees and successful drove 3 un-regretted attrition in the last 3 years
  • Build execution plan and 3 years operating plans for the business

Achievements:

  • Consistently delivered one of the fastest growth rate in India across segments
  • Signed largest committed deals across startup segment in the APJ every year for the last 3 years ($50M+ TCV each year)
  • Most number of mega migrations in the segment across APJ
  • Increased the partner coverage from 18% in 2021 to 60%+ in 2025.
  • Built and scaled Women at Startup initiative across APJ
  • Leading People and Culture initiative for the segment in India
  • Leading priority initiative (large accounts) for AWS India

Sr Client Relationship Manager, Digital Native Business

Amazon Web Services
05.2018 - 12.2021
  • Company Overview: AWS is the world's most comprehensive AI and cloud platform.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage strategic customers (set of fast growing and unicorn customers)
  • Drive revenue and customer wallet share in assigned territory
  • Accelerate customer adoption by engaging Founders, CxO, Board of Directors and VC influencers
  • Develop long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
  • Get customer references through AWS case studies, customer participation in AWS events etc

Achievements:

  • Consistently exceeded quota attainment, growing business 30% YoY
  • Among top 20 sellers globally in terms of quota attainment, 2019
  • Most number of committed contract signed in 2019, 2020 and 2021
  • Drove 20+ successful migrations to AWS
  • Input metrics - Highest in CEO/Founder engagements, QBRs, BD interactions

Recognitions:

  • AWS Global Sales Champion Award- 2019, MVP - DNB in India all Hands 2020, BD of the year - DNB 2021

Sales Manager, Enterprise Accounts

Searce, Inc
01.2016 - 12.2018
  • Company Overview: Searce is one of the largest Google cloud partner globally and an Advance Consulting Partner of AWS

Responsibilities:

  • Revenue growth and profit accountability from named enterprise Accounts (combination of mid and large size companies like Swiggy, Flipkart, Ola, Biocon, Britannia, DTDC etc)
  • Lead a team of sales, inside sales and marketing team to acquire new customer, retain and grow existing customers
  • Interact with customer executives to accelerate opportunities and win deals

Achievements:

  • 4.5x revenue growth by acquiring new customers and upselling in existing customers
  • 100% retention of all named accounts

Business Head, Microsoft CRM and ERP

DreamOrbit
01.2013 - 12.2016
  • Company Overview: A Microsoft partner company with 350+ employees and winner of Deloitte India Fast 50 Technology Company for 3 consecutive years.

Responsibilities:

  • P&L accountability for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, BI & Collaboration solutions in select verticals
  • Market seeding for business applications by conceptual selling at CEO, CFO and senior management levels
  • Build a strong branding for DreamOrbit in the target market for the focus verticals
  • Build a strong team and lead from the front to close substantial number of mid-sized deal by strong value selling in new opportunities

Achievements:

  • Achieved a 300% growth in customer acquisitions in the select verticals
  • Increased geographic coverage across India, USA, Canada, UK and Denmark in 2 years
  • Instrumental in transforming the business by focusing on Cloud Business

Consultant - Supply Chain Group

Infosys Limited
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Company Overview: A global leader in digital services, consulting, and outsourcing.
  • Responsible for the solution implementation & presales support for ERP & CRM (Oracle & SAP) and Enterprise Asset Management (IBM Maximo) solutions.
  • A global leader in digital services, consulting, and outsourcing.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Harcourt Bulter Technological Institute
Kanpur

Master of Business Administration - Sales and Marketing

Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee

Skills

Sales Leadership, P&L Management, B2B Sales, GTM

MEDDPICC, Solution Selling, Sales Forecasting, Pipeline Management

Data and AI, Cloud, SaaS Selling

Partner/Channel Sales Strategy

  • Cross functional Collaboration

EPIC Leadership Style, Hiring, Coaching, Mentoring

Certification

AWS AI Practitioner

Awards

  • Part of AWS India Operational Committee to drive Priority Initiative
  • Built and Scaled Women @ Startup initiative at APJ
  • Leading People and Culture Initiative for the Startups segment in India
  • Transformation and Innovation Community Member

Accomplishments

    Part of AWS India Operational Committee to drive Priority Initiative,

    Built and Scaled Women @ Startup initiative at APJ, Leading People and Culture Initiative for the Startups segment in India, Transformation and Innovation Community Member

Interests

Trekking, Travelling, Food, Listing to books and podcasts

Timeline

Startup Sales Head, Fintech and Healthcare

Amazon Web Services
01.2022 - Current

Sr Client Relationship Manager, Digital Native Business

Amazon Web Services
05.2018 - 12.2021

Sales Manager, Enterprise Accounts

Searce, Inc
01.2016 - 12.2018

Business Head, Microsoft CRM and ERP

DreamOrbit
01.2013 - 12.2016

Consultant - Supply Chain Group

Infosys Limited
01.2009 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science

Harcourt Bulter Technological Institute

Master of Business Administration - Sales and Marketing

Indian Institute of Technology
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