Rajath Kashyap

About Rajath Kashyap

Passionate about consultative sales, currently helping boutique search & staffing companies find, source and hire top talent with LinkedIn.Clocked my first ever 5-figure sales deal at BrowserStack, one of the only 8 Indian SaaS companies to make it to Bessemer Venture Partners\' The Centaur Report.Closed my first ever full-cycle sales deal at Freshworks, India’s first ever SaaS company and Unicorn to get listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with its billion-dollar IPO.Gained a best-in-class foundation in SaaS Sales at Salesforce, the world\'s #1 cloud-based CRM company, prospecting with companies across segments and key regions in India.Started off as a hands-on analytics professional at Mu Sigma, the world\'s largest pure-play Big Data Analytics company, before moving to its high-performing target-driven sales team, leveraging excellent communication skills and a talent for articulating the value-add of the represented services.Found my calling for people-centric roles while volunteering at Make A Difference during college, awarded one of the top 10 best NGOs to work for in India, heading the finance vertical of two cities across two academic years.A big travel enthusiast, when I\'m not backpacking, I\'m either cooking, practicing Carnatic classical violin, or reading fiction listening to music.

Experience

1. Account Executive - Talent Solutions

   Linkedin

   Apr 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   As a part of the LinkedIn Talent Solutions team, I manage a book of Search & Staffing accounts based in South India. My responsibilities include:+ Prospect relentlessly by multithreading with multiple relevant business stakeholders and manage strong CXO relationships to build quality pipeline+ Create reliable forecasts and have regular cadence with management on the pipeline status+ Find, manage and close high-level business in an evangelist sales environment consistently at or above quota level+ Develop and execute on a strategic plan for the territory and document and distribute competitive information+ Listen to the needs of the market and share insights with product and marketing team+ Be a coach when there\'s a scope for improvement, develop best practices, and seek opportunities to lead

Education

• Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2011 — 2015