University of Kentucky

Belfry High School

Business Development Manager at NOW CFO

As the VP of Social Impact Partnerships at Untapped Solutions, I am entrusted with driving transformative change in the workforce landscape. My primary focus is on building and nurturing strategic relationships with stakeholders from various sectors, including government agencies, educational institutions, community organizations, and corporate partners.

Responsibilities:

- Cultivate collaborative partnerships to promote inclusive workforce opportunities.
- Develop and execute strategic plans to unlock untapped talent potential.
- Identify growth opportunities and foster authentic relationships to support our mission.
- Champion talent development initiatives for a skilled and diverse workforce.
- Advocate for workforce development and foster a culture of inclusion.

Untapped Solutions (Formerly ConConnect)

Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships

Our passion is helping owners scale up by through curated business development strategy. 
We primarily focus on:

» Connecting business owners with trusted resources
» White glove lead generation
» Client retention/success management/networking
» Capital Raising

EllyRay Consulting

Founder & CEO

NOW CFO is a full service outsourced operational accounting, and financial consulting firm with a singular focus on your company’s success. Our full time consultants specialize in fixing accounting issues and can offer support anywhere from CFO, controller, bookkeeping to capital raising and M&A on a part-time, interim or full time basis.

NOW CFO

Business Development Manager

I most recently facilitated internal brainstorming sessions, purposed to empower teams to share innovative ideas. It was a priority of mine to connect with key stakeholders and C-Suite to optimize communications, differentiation techniques, cultural strategies, and design methodologies. I was able to institute value-added techniques, research, data organization, and evidence-based selling to secure new business. Able to comprehend analytical data and statistical probabilities, my leadership allowed for enhanced customer satisfaction across our product and service offerings. My notable accomplishments included:

» Cultivated an environment of creative problem-solving, future-facing action planning, and open communications.

» Evaluated trends, cultural shifts & behaviors, consumer values, and technical advancements resulting in an increased account expansion and sales by 144% in 3 months.

Gartner

Conferenece Sales Executive

Earlier in my career, I expertly designed and implemented directives for winning marketing, promotion, and branding initiatives. Able to achieve extensive revenue returns, I single-handedly generated up to 100 new business leads each week. I operated as a Business-to-Business (B2B) Sales Expert (10/2017 to 5/2018), Genius (Technology Services and Repair) (10/2016 to 10/2017), Expert (7/2014 to 10/2016), and Specialist (3/2013 to 7/2014) for the Apple enterprise.

My leadership warranted increased customer rapport with full lifecycle sales support, offering numerous business, product, and customer specific solutions for increased revenue. Partnering with the Lexington, Kentucky business community, we expertly defined ground-breaking hardware/software solutions for sustained business development. I was recognized for standardizing best practices in sales functions profitable to the Apple ecosystem, which encompassed consumers and the business community. I notably achieved the following:

» Managed and oversaw the senior sales executive team in business community engagement, mentored new hires to ensure successful integration into company culture, all while generating over $1M in sales, resulting in being recognized as TOP RANKING in sales revenue.

» Spearheaded B2B sales strategies and delivered a unique customer experience that consistently exceeding quarterly forecasts for YOY growth. 

» Coached and mentored technical teams by emulating positivity and developing problem interventions and goal setting techniques focused on customer facing diagnoses and large volume repairs in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Kiran Haridas