Kashinath Tilagul

Sales professional with 8+ years across B2B SaaS, Voice AI, EdTech and PropTech, consistently delivering 110-200% of revenue targets. Closed US deals of $3,000-8,000 at Interview Kickstart (Highest Sales Conversion award, 2025) and managed enterprise Voice AI accounts worth ₹4-6 lakh per 6-month contract at DialNexa. Two-time founder who sells, scopes and delivers AI and web projects for clients.

Runs the full cycle, from prospecting and discovery to demo, negotiation and close, and works US, APAC or Middle East hours from India.

Customer Success Manager at DialNexa (2026-04 – 2026-09)

Voice AI and CPaaS Platform

• Owned enterprise B2B accounts worth ₹4-6 lakh per 6-month contract, using AI voice agents for inbound and outbound calls, support and sales outreach.
• Ran technical onboarding and go-live: REST API and webhook setup, CRM syncs and telephony routing (DID, SIP, IVR).
• Reviewed campaign KPIs (connection rate, resolution rate, latency, cost per conversation) with customer stakeholders to protect renewals and grow usage.
• Main point of contact for customers and their bridge to AI engineering for escalations and feature requests.

Senior Program Advisor at Interview Kickstart (2025-02 – 2025-11)

US Tech Upskilling

• Sold technical upskilling programs to US software professionals at $3,000-5,000 per deal, up to $8,000.
• Won the Highest Sales Conversion and Team Excellence awards (Q2 and Q3 2025).
• Managed cohorts of 50+ learners and senior mentors across US and India time zones, using engagement data to trigger early interventions.

Associate Business Manager (promoted from Senior Business Development Executive) at Learnbay (2023-01 – 2024-02)

EdTech

• Achieved 110-130% of revenue targets through lead qualification, funnel optimization and CRM pipeline forecasting.
• Awarded "Topper of the Floor" for conversion and retention while handling 100+ accounts per month; promoted within 8 months.

Brand Manager at Vahathi Motor Driving School (2022-06 – 2023-12)

• Redesigned the customer acquisition funnel and CRM tracking, improving conversion efficiency by about 30%.

Program Advisor at Emeritus (2021-11 – 2022-06)

Executive Education

• Ran consultative sales for premium B-School executive programs, managing 80-100+ executive leads per month.

Unit Head / Team Lead at NoBroker.com (2020-10 – 2021-07)

PropTech

• Led 8-12 associates; owned SLA adherence, call quality audits, hourly performance reporting and escalations.

Outreach Manager, Institutional Relations at K3 India Foundation (2020-02 – 2020-10)

• Built relationships with colleges across Karnataka; ran screening interviews, training sessions and placement drives.

Sales Consultant & Customer Sales Executive at EduBridge Learning & Omiz Solutions (2015-03 – 2020-02)

• Delivered 150-200% of target through institutional partnerships and high-volume outreach, including US customers, with 100% call quality scores.

Co-Founder at ABATA AI Pvt Ltd (2023-12 – Present)

AI Solutions Studio | DPIIT-recognized startup

• Sell and deliver client projects end to end: find the bottleneck, scope, quote, build and maintain. Typical deals: about ₹60,000 for websites, about ₹1 lakh for AI projects.
• Ran inbound and outbound Voice AI campaigns for businesses (clinic appointments, lead qualification) on Exotel, Twilio and partner platforms.
• Freelance client: zero-downtime website redesign for Topee (Bengaluru) on WordPress and Elementor; 0.79s full page load, 0.68s time to first byte.

Founder at EKVAAR (2024-02 – Present)

Fashion D2C Brand; incorporated Sep 2025

• Building India's first "all-time fashion" house: brand strategy, product system, e-commerce, content and influencer marketing.

Master of Science (M.S.) in Artificial Intelligence – Woolf University (2025 – 2026)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science – Rani Channamma University, Belagavi (2015 – 2020)