Ashka Budhraja

Results-driven Sales Development Representative with 2+ years of experience in B2B SaaS outbound sales, pipeline generation, and hyper-personalized cold outreach across SaaS and tech markets. Proven ability to book 10–15 qualified meetings per month through LinkedIn and email campaigns. Skilled in AI-driven personalized outreach that improves reply rates above industry benchmarks.

Proficient in HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Apollo.io, Seamless.ai, Nooks, and Claude AI, with strong expertise in ICP research, multi-touch sequencing, discovery calls, and CRM pipeline management.

Sales Development Representative - Automiq AI - Remote

(2025-04)

• Generated 10–15 qualified meetings per month through hyper-personalized cold email and Linkedln campaigns targeting SMBs, law firms, real estate, and construction companies across the US and Europe.
• Built and managed a $100K+ outbound pipeline for AI workflow automation services by identifying high-fit ICPs and executing tailored multi-touch sequences.
• Ran targeted discovery conversations with founders and ops leads at 1-10 person service businesses, mapping manual workflow pain points to Automiq AI's done-for-you automation solutions and shortening the path to a booked demo.
• Owned full-funnel CRM hygiene across 50+ active accounts in HubSpot, logging every touchpoint, updating deal stages in real time, and flagging stalled prospects early to keep pipeline momentum and reduce deal slippage.
• Leveraged Claude AI and Apollo.io to scale hyper-personalized cold emails, achieving 35% higher reply rates than industry benchmarks.
• Executed cold calling via Nooks for AI lead automation and voice agent products, improving connect-to-demo conversion by 20%.

Business Development Executive - Kinnyrabbit - Remote

(2024-03 - 2025-03)

• Generated 8–10 qualified meetings per month via cold email and LinkedIn outbound campaigns targeting global B2B SaaS buyers and startup founders.
• Contributed to building a $50K+ sales pipeline by researching and profiling 500+ decision-makers using Seamless.ai and Apollo.io for precise targeting.
• Crafted hyper-personalised cold email sequences using Clay and Claude AI, achieving 40% higher open rates than industry benchmarks by avoiding generic AI-sounding messaging.
• Handled lead qualification and discovery calls before handing off to senior AEs, maintaining a 70%+ meeting-to-opportunity conversion rate.
• Maintained CRM hygiene across Zoho CRM with consistent updates on outreach activity, responses, and pipeline movement for founder-level reporting.
• Conducted market and customer analysis to identify new business segments, supporting revenue growth strategy and outbound prioritization.

Sales & Outreach Associate - Dhannay - Jaipur

(2023-09 - 2023-10)

• Supported outbound prospecting campaigns by identifying target audience segments and building prospect lists for outreach initiatives.
• Executed multi-channel outreach via LinkedIn and email, contributing to lead generation and brand awareness across target accounts.
• Leveraged data-driven insights to refine messaging and improve campaign engagement, directly supporting business development goals.