Manisha Sood

Background

About Manisha Sood

Highly accomplished Technology Business Leader, Business development/Marketing & Sales professional (Retail sales, channel sales, OEM and Institutional sales, Cloud sales, Marketing) with extensive experience in marketing, strategic planning, market expansion, and development of virgin territories and markets in mobile, IT Photographic, consumer Electronics Channels for last 34 years. •Strategic thinker with proven ability to execute company strategy•High-level relationships at Tier 1 and Tier 2 distribution•Propensity for technology products and ability to articulate product strategy•Proven ability to thrive in a results-oriented company culture•Self-starter that excels in an autonomous and entrepreneurial type culture. Ability to align •with values•Experience building respected leadership teams and developing talent to support business growth.Ability to lead and influence cross-functional relationships with both internal and external partners.•Proven ability to drive incremental revenue, create new relationships and manage existing ones, and build loyalty within a market region.•Specialization in Retail, OEM and Channel sales, handling Mobile, Photographic, IT Consumer, Telecom, Electronics channel for Technology Products.•Voted among the TOP 10 IT WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY BY ECONOMIC TIMES in 2013 also by DATAQUEST IN 2014. •Established Born in Cloud Partners and Channel for Microsoft cloud products through Digital marketing growing the Microsoft SMB business 30 % YOY,20 points above market growth. •Established SanDisk in India from Zero Base to current 43% Market share as a Leader in Flash Memory reaching thru retailers in Mobile, Photo, IT, Consumer Electronics channel in last 6 years.•Formulated and executed a comprehensive Brand Strategy for SanDisk India that included the first Consumer TV campaign ever for SanDisk. This resulted in the Brand share going up in just last one year by 14% points.