Abbhilash Mahesh

Experience

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  Defiance Technologies Limited

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2013

  Engineer

  Defiance Technologies (now Hinduja Tech Ltd), a Hinduja Group company, provides engineering solutions. I was deputed at Ashokleyland-Nissan (a joint-venture) in the strategic sourcing department and was in- charge of sourcing of casting and machined parts from the supplier base in the Maharastra belt, Chennai and Coimbatore regions for 307 T vehicle and P15 Engine.• Involved in Vendor development for Engine and vehicle parts for 3 ton LCV from the Ashokleyland- Nissan stable.• Was handling tier-I and tier-II suppliers from sangli-miraj, kolhapur, Solapur, Ichalkaranji, Pune, Chennai and Coimbatore regions through constant visits.• Actively involved in price negotiation and finalising vendor for vehicle and engine parts.• Vendor management through co-ordinating production, distribution, supply chain and timely delivery ofparts during crucial ramp-up of vehicle production at plant. Show less

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  Alchemy Sourcing Solutions

  Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

  Managing Partner

  I co-founded Alchemy Sourcing to help construction companies and architects to source interior products and construction materials from China.• Generated leads through networking and built the first revenue flow for the company• Responding to client queries, followups and nurturing client relationship.• Developed marketing materials, presentation and website for the company.• Setup stalls for the company in BUILD INTEC 2014, the biggest trade fair for the construction industry in the city and generated quality leads. Show less

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  MyKlassroom

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2018

  Head - Business Development

  Myklassroom.com is a social learning platform found by Alumni of Wharton Business Schools & IIT and is a powerful blend of Social networking and e-learning, aimed to transform the traditional classroom education to an online collaborative platform for teaching and learning. Myklassroom was awarded "The best use of Technology in Teaching & Learning"​ by ASSOCHAM India. - Developed and launched a product for the K-12 segment by initiating market research, securing initial users to validate the product and successfully launching the product. - Developed “Outcome-based education” module for the higher-education market to increase market penetration and retain existing user by adding higher value.- Identified new clients through market segmentation,prospecting, generating leads and closing and expanded the company’s business leading to a 100% growth in the revenue of the company.- Improved user engagement by over 30% by improving product through “Leaderboard Engine” and conducting various online and offline after-sales support activities such as Myklassroom Valued Performer (MVP), Myklassroom Reporter, ‘Did you know’ series etc, leading to better product adoption and customer satisfaction.- Worked with the educational department of India oldest stock exchange to build a learning platform to meet their needs.- Developed marketing materials, presentations for sales and support, website, support documents for using the platform and video tutorials.- Initiated and worked on making marketing videos and testimonial videos for the company, which has over 50,000 views.- Expanded the field sales team by identifying and screening the right candidates; trained and managed the team to generate leads and schedule demos.- Conducted training workshops and orientation programs for new customers.- In-charge of email marketing to generate leads and social media campaigns to increase recognition and to create brand awareness. Show less

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  National Entrepreneurship Network

  Dec 2018 - Oct 2019

  Regional Manager

  NEN is the flagship program of Wadhwani foundation, the not-for-profit started by Billionaire Dr. Romesh Wadhwani to accelerate economic development through entrepreneurship. I work with the student entrepreneurship development team to provide online entrepreneurship courses to students in top-tier educational institutions in India and build the students entrepreneurship ecosystem.• Supported 5000+ students through courses and startup clubs.• Handled 30+ premier institutes (including IIT’s and NIT’s) in sales, consulting and program managementto deliver mainstream entrepreneurship courses through a blended-learning flipped classroom model andstartup clubs.• Signed up new institutes to be part of the T-100 project right from prospecting to MoU confirmation.• Work with the local government through Entrepreneurship development Institutions (EDI) to improve entrepreneurship education at institutions through our course offerings.• Mentor 50+ student ventures in its inception as part of the course and liaise with incubation centres, entrepreneurs and industry experts to help these startups succeed.• Work with the content and training team to impart entrepreneurial knowledge and skills through experiential learning pedagogy• Conduct training and orientation programs to students to help them launch their venture.• Build the network of entrepreneurship cells at educational institutions to expose students throughactivities. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Jul 2021 - now

  Customer Success Account Manager