Head of Product Marketing at Confluent | Meddic Marketing
Saratoga, California, United States
Splunk
Sr. Director, Industry/Vertical Product Marketing
February 2017 to June 2018
San Francisco Bay Area
Sumo Logic
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July 2011 to October 2013
Mountain View, CA
Cisco Systems (through acquisition of Securent)
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July 2006 to December 2010
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March 2005 to December 2005
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Confluent
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Palo Alto, CA
Splunk
Sr. Director, Cloud and AWS Marketing
October 2013 to February 2017
San Francisco Bay Area
Chartered with building Splunk's industry/vertical marketing program* Manage team of industry marketing experts with global responsibility * Revamped team strategy - within 4 months team's work credited with creating C-level meetings and helping close 7-figure opportunity with 3-month sales cycleSuccess driven by leveraging principles of Meddic Marketing methodology Chartered with building Splunk's industry/vertical marketing program* Manage team of industry marketing experts with global responsibility * Revamped team strategy - within 4 months team's work credited with creating C-level meetings and helping close 7-figure opportunity with 3-month sales cycleSuccess driven by leveraging principles of Meddic Marketing methodology
What company does Praveen Rangnath work for?
Praveen Rangnath works for Splunk
What is Praveen Rangnath's role at Splunk?
Praveen Rangnath is Sr. Director, Industry/Vertical Product Marketing
What industry does Praveen Rangnath work in?
Praveen Rangnath works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Praveen Rangnath's colleagues?
Praveen Rangnath's colleagues are Jay Kim, Tara Rohar, Micah Rivera, Alex Bell, Ujwal Salvi, Karlyse Bailey, Kelsey Bowman, Michael Drogalis, Eric S., and Juan Corredor
💼 Past Experience
Praveen Rangnath is currently a Sr. Director, Industry/Vertical Product Marketing at Splunk from February 2017 to June 2018 (1 year 5 months) in San Francisco Bay Area. Chartered with building Splunk's industry/vertical marketing program* Manage team of industry marketing experts with global responsibility * Revamped team strategy - within 4 months team's work credited with creating C-level meetings and helping close 7-figure opportunity with 3-month sales cycleSuccess driven by leveraging principles of Meddic Marketing methodology.
🎓 Education
Praveen Rangnath started his career as an economist at the accounting firm KPMG in1997. From there, he moved to the World Bank in 2001 and then to the IMF in 2005. From mid-2007 to early 2009, Praveen Rangnath was the Deputy Managing Director at the Centre for Macroeconomics at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. From late 2009 to early 2012, he was the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. From early 2012 to present, he is the Chancellor, Corporate and Economic Development, Eastern Victoria University.Praveen Rangnath's educational background and work readiness are excellent. He has a great deal of experience in the economy and has worked extensively at both the private and public sector levels. Rangnath has a proven track record in decision-making and critical thinking, which is evident from his work at the IMF, World Bank, and the Reserve Bank of India. He is an excellent teacher, and his students are always eager to learn more about business and economic development.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Praveen Rangnath has over 10 years of experience in product marketing and sales, with a particular focus on product marketing for cloud-based solutions. He rose through the ranks from Sr. Director, Cloud and AWS Marketing at Splunk to Sr. Director, Cloud and AWS Marketing at Splunk, where he managed a team of 10+ amazing product marketers.Prior to joining Splunk, Rangnath was a Sr. Director, Industry/Vertical Product Marketing at Confluent, where he worked on developing Splunk's industry/vertical marketing program. He also had experience as a Manage Team of Industry Marketing Experts with Globalresponsibility at Revamped team strategy - within 4 months team's work credited with creating C-level meetings and helping close 7-figure opportunity with 3-month sales cycle.Rangnath is also a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Regional Sales Manager at Sumo Logic from July 2011 to October 2013 (2 years 4 months) in Mountain View, CA. He was also a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at (August 2012 - October 2013)* responsible for product positioning and messaging, product launches, sales enablement, competitive analysis, web content, social media, partner, and customer success marketing for the Sumo Logic cloud-based machine data analytics service.Rangnath joined Splunk as an employee #14 in February 2017 and was the first sales / marketing hire. He also was responsible for revamping the team strategy within 4 months, resulting in a team that closed all initial customers and spearheaded all customer testimonial references for company launch. Rangnath also created and delivered all demos and sales presentations for customer meetings and outbound marketing events.After spending 3 years as a Sr. Director, Cloud and AWS Marketing at Splunk, Rangnath joined Cisco Systems as a Regional Sales Manager (July 2006 to December 2010) at Cisco in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was responsible for selling solutions across Cisco's routing/switching, data center, wireless, security, video, and unified communications portfolios (including WebEx). He was also a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at (August 2009 - December 2010)• Sold solutions across Cisco's routing/switching, data center, wireless, security, video, and unified communications portfolios (including WebEx) for the company's 350+ partner Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) partnership program.Rangnath then joined the Securent team in June 2011 as a Regional Sales Manager (June 2006 - November 2007) and was responsible for selling Securent's software solutions to customers in the United States. He also was responsible for all product marketing, program marketing, demand generation, partner marketing, and public relations for the Securent brand.In July 2011, Rangnath was appointed as Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Sumo Logic. He was responsible for product positioning and messaging, product launches, sales enablement, competitive analysis, web content, social media, partner, and customer success marketing for the Sumo Logic cloud-based machine data analytics service. For his work at Sumo Logic, Rangnath was recognized as a Cisco Sales
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