Akash Sivasankaran
Senior Manager - Sales (North America) @ Freshworks Inc.(formerly Freshdesk) | 4X President’s Club winner | SaaS | Public Policy |
- Role
- Investor and Advisor at Ekaha Labs
- Location
- Chennai, TN, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akash Sivasankaran
Akash Sivasankaran currently oversees Business Development and Go-to-market strategy for the North American markets at Freshworks Inc - India\'s latest Saas unicorn. He currently handles the entire employee engagement suite of products ( Freshservice, Freshteam, Freshchat and Freshcaller) for the company. During his undergrad, he interned at PepsiCo -Marketing, and at L&T- Heavy Engg. He also had the unique opportunity to work on Skill policy making titled -\"Kushal graam Yojana \" under the Ministry of Rural Development - Government of Gujarat in association with National Skill Development Mission( NSDC) and Pidilite Industries post-graduation. He is a highly passionate and motivated individual with a keen eye for detail. He believes he is a go-getter who treats success and failure the same and wishes to climb the learning curve in life with ease by working on jobs he is extremely passionate about. He also believes he is a Global Citizen, who participates and strives to create an active change in society. He is a graduate in Mechanical engineering from Sastra University, Tanjore and has also completed a 2 year certificate program/Pre-Mba in Business management and Entrepreneurship from Great Lakes Institute of Management. While not working, you would find him actively Travelling and ticking his bucket list, Reading non-fiction, gushing over a piece of history or playing a sport.
Experience
Investor and Advisor
Nov 2025 — Present · Chennai, IN
Education
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Two year certificate program - Business Management and Entrepreneurship, Business Administration and Management, General
2010 — 2012
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering
2012 — 2016
Stoa
MBA
P.S Senior Secondary School, Chennai
High school, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics Practises, Informatics Practises
2003 — 2012
The Takshashila Institution
Graduate Certification in Public Policy, , Public Policy Analysis
2019 — 2019
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Public Speaking
- Management
- Branding
- Negotiation
- Customer Service
- Microsoft Excel
- Leadership
- Java
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Marketing
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