Sharmila Suryaprakash

About Sharmila Suryaprakash

Seasoned Information Technology Sales Professional with strong business acumen. Over a decade of experience in managing direct field engagements with major clients across different industry verticals in assigned territory with the responsibility of new customer acquisition and increasing wallet share in existing client base. Worked in various sales management capacities across the business value chain of IT industry – re-seller, distributor, global system integrator, enterprise hardware OEM player and enterprise software OEM players. Areas of strength and interest include sales prospecting, strategic business development, strategic account planning, consultative selling, enterprise software solution sales, excellent knowledge of enterprise applications and data landscape, creating business value proposition, managing end-to-end sales management cycle from lead generation to closure, knowledge of software licensing and delivery models like SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid, On-premise and managed services.

Experience

1. Account Director - Bfsi

   Microsoft

   Apr 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Bangalore University

  BBM, Management

  1995 — 1998

• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

  Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, Information Technology

  2008 — 2010

• Model Education Society

  SSLC

  1990 — 1993

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Business Management, Finance, General

  1993 — 1998

Skills

• Oracle Applications
• Solution Selling
• Enterprise Software
• Business Development
• Sales Management
• Data Warehousing
• Sales Operations
• Requirements Analysis
• Product Management
• Key Account Management
• Partner Management
• Vendor Management
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Selling
• Account Management
• Sales