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Praful K

Praful K

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location of Praful KBengaluru, Karnataka, India

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  • About me

    Helping Organizations on the planet to achieve more. Partner management | Delivered Growth | Cloud and SaaS | Account Manager | Cloud SaaS Hybrid IT Sales Expert | Sales Specialist | Sales & Strategy

  • Education

    • Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree Computer Programming, Specific Applications First Class

    • Bharathiar University

      2020 - 2022
      Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management, Information systems

      MBA in Information systems

  • Experience

    • [24]7

      Oct 2012 - Nov 2014
      Interactive social media adviser

      Sales and service for CapitalOne bank. Helping with customers credit card account data base and selling new products.

    • The Minacs Group

      Jan 2015 - May 2016
      Associate

      iCloud sales and services, InApp purchases. Support for Apple iTunes global customers. Sales and services of iTunes services.Troubleshooting and account related assistance.

    • Redington India Ltd

      Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

      Handled server and Storage for SMB, mid-value customers/Partners. Server/Storage solution designing in terms of Architecture and IT infrastructure. Preparing BOQ/BOM for partner, customer and OEM. Partner enablement training and customer calls. Working with sales on each opportunity to close the deal. Joint Customer call with Vendor PBM's. Handling multiple regions (South and EAST ) as a technical consultant and single point of contact.

      • Technical Product Specialist

        May 2016 - Nov 2018

      • Executive consultant and Support - Pre Sales

        Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Nov 2018 - Apr 2022
      Enterprise Account Manager

      Engage with customers & partners to position HPE end to end IT portfolio in India Commercial space.Able to articulate technical, industry and market facts to position HPE as a competitive solution to partners & customers to win in the market space.Build & maintain account relationship across various contacts in customer’s organization.Generate pipeline opportunities by making customer calls daily and lead to close the same.Assess competitors by analyzing and summarizing competitor information and trends; identifying sales opportunities. Driving direct and indirect business. Tender specking favor to HPE. HPE ATP Storage certified and HPE Sales Certified Edge to Cloud 2021. SkillsEnterprise Hybrid Cloud SalesCRM HPE GreenLakeHPE SalesHybrid ITIntelligent Data PlatformsHPE Storage Show less

    • IBM

      May 2022 - Sept 2023
      Storage Sales Specialist

    • Commvault

      Sept 2023 - Mar 2024
      Account Manager

      Saas sales / Cloud backup - helping customers to protect, manage and avail the data.

    • Microsoft

      Jul 2024 - now
      Microsoft Partner Enablement Manager

      * Gather, clarify and Prioritize partner requirements and facilitate co-design at launch.* Elevate partner impact and partner experience to the fore of requirements gathering and design.* Empower decision makers within market partner requirements, for prioritization and road mapping.* Drive partner transaction quality for improved experiences.* Own and deliver streamlined, consistent operational readiness capabilities and infrastructure for partner change moments.*Empower partners to anticipate and mitigate launch impacts by leading the readiness workstream and capturing the cross-company readiness Bill of material.* Helping organizations to achieve more. Show less

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