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Brian Ahmed

Dubai

Summary

B2B sales professional, experienced in closing large transactional deals.

Client oriented, exceptionally talented in negotiation and partnership development.

Looking for the right opportunity to translate my experience.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Co-Founder

Artistify Studios.ai
01.2022 - 12.2024
  • Co-founded of a one-stop-shop business application store for SMBs. Sparing business owners all the headaches of running their applications throughout a seamlessly smooth experience
  • Selling IT solutions and enterprise business applications
  • Revenue generation and managing the company's cash and resources

Senior Account Executive

SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products).
06.2018 - 12.2021

A leading multi-international business application company (NYSE: SAP)


  • Prospecting C-level stakeholders and developing a relationship with them
  • Achieved $1.65 million in sales (TCV)
  • Managing the entire sales cycle from A~Z, from account planning & prospecting to closure
  • Increased lead generation by 10% YTY, through outbound prospecting (Cold calls and emails)
  • Achieved 110% of the annual assigned quota
  • Teamed with the channel partner ecosystem, increasing outbound leads by 7%
  • Partnered with the local marketing team to organize +30 campaigns promoting our services
  • Attending industry-related conferences and seminars
  • Strategically managed the assigned territory to ensure 100% coverage and increase ROI
  • Acquired +20 net new logo over the span of the last two quarters
  • Investigating clients' current landscape, aligning our proposal with their strategies and urgent needs
  • Navigating internal discussion between C-level stakeholders using business terminologies

Business Development Executive

Optimation FZE
01.2016 - 05.2018
  • Hunting and acquiring new customers (newt new names)
  • Generating and qualifying leads through various communication channels (Cold calls, emails, marketing campaigns, LinkedIn Messages)
  • Increased lead generation by 30% YTY
  • Constantly and aggressively prospecting to develop sales pipeline
  • Maintaining +95% customer satisfaction rate
  • Building 3x pipeline of the assigned sales target
  • Developing KPI metrics to ensure and increase customer satisfaction and building post-sales needed support
  • Active correspondence to clients' requirements
  • Upselling to existing customers and negotiating contract terms

Education

M.Sc. - Management

University of Sharjah
01.2019

B.Sc. - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University of Sharjah
01.2016

Skills

  • Account management
  • Project sales
  • Consultive Service selling
  • New business generation
  • Deal closure
  • Successful handover
  • Active listening
  • B2B Sales
  • Negotiation
  • Channel sales
  • BANTP sales framework
  • MEDPIC Sales methodology
  • SWOT Analysis
  • C-level engagement

Languages

English
Arabic

Timeline

Co-Founder

Artistify Studios.ai
01.2022 - 12.2024

Senior Account Executive

SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products).
06.2018 - 12.2021

Business Development Executive

Optimation FZE
01.2016 - 05.2018

B.Sc. - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University of Sharjah

M.Sc. - Management

University of Sharjah
Brian Ahmed