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Alena Sabitava

Account Executive, Sales Specialist

📧 a.sabitava@gmail.com
📱 (408) 618-1062
🌐 linkedin.com/in/sabitava
📍 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Professional Summary

Results-oriented sales leader with a strong customer focus, dedicated to helping progressive organizations optimize performance and achieve sustainable growth. Proficient in building and nurturing executive relationships, executing consultative sales strategies, and demonstrating a deep understanding of business financials and market dynamics.

Core Competencies

Account Management Business Development C-level Relationship Building Team Leadership Territory Management Service Creation Consultative Selling Sales Cycle Management Project Management

Professional Experience

M365 Copilot Global Black Belt

Microsoft
April 2024 - March 2025 (1 year)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • AI Transformation Leadership: Advised C-level leaders on Microsoft AI solutions driving digital transformation, resulting in $1M ARR average deal size and 70% executive buy-in rate across 119 enterprise accounts.
  • Deal Acceleration Excellence: Influenced executive decision-making by providing tailored insights and removing deal blockers through product group feedback, reducing sales cycle time by 30% and accelerating $25M in pipeline opportunities.
  • Virtual Team Leadership: Led cross-functional virtual teams of technical, account and specialist resources, managing 8 concurrent commercial deals outside my designated territory and achieving 95% of annual quota target within the first 3 quarters of the fiscal year.

Service Creation Business Development Manager, Verizon Account Team

Cisco
December 2022 - April 2024 (1 year 5 months)
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
  • Service Portfolio Development: Created comprehensive product offering bundles for Verizon targeting SMB, mid-market, and enterprise segments, successfully launching 3 new managed services and generating $3.7M in first-year revenue.
  • Partnership Excellence: Achieved fiscal year 2023 performer status by exceeding revenue targets by 108% and establishing strategic partnerships with 12 new logos in the enterprise segment.
  • Market Expansion Impact: Penetrated 3 new vertical markets through service bundling strategy, resulting in 11% increase in market share and over $1M incremental revenue.

Sales Specialist, Global Enterprise Segment

Cisco
May 2021 - December 2022 (1 year 8 months)
Miami, Florida, United States
  • Quota Performance Excellence: Exceeded quota by 130% in first year achieving 10-digit sales figure in western enterprise segment, generating $1B in total revenue across assigned territory.
  • Enterprise Account Management: Focused sales efforts on 300 global enterprise accounts in the US, maintaining 95% retention rate and increasing average deal size by 20% YoY.
  • Sales Team Development: Led sales team training on video devices, processes, lead identification, and prospecting while rescuing underperforming regions, improving team quota attainment from 72% to 90% within 6 months.

Project Manager, AT&T Account Team

VMware
August 2019 - May 2021 (1 year 10 months)
San Francisco Bay Area
  • Strategic Partnership Onboarding: Orchestrated AT&T onboarding as VeloCloud SD-WAN reseller, resulting in $70M annual recurring revenue and 300% faster time-to-market for carrier solutions.
  • GTM Strategy Optimization: Developed Route-To-Market strategies for CSPs aligned with partner GTM approaches, improving process performance by 40% and establishing partnerships with 15 new logos in the enterprise segment.
  • Performance Analytics Leadership: Implemented customized KPI dashboard for enhanced management insights and resolved customer funding issues, saving $1.2M in future costs and improving forecast accuracy by 65%.

Regional Account Manager

Sugatsune America
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Greater Los Angeles Area
  • Territory Growth Excellence: Drove local market sales and account-based marketing strategies achieving 12% YoY revenue increase in the southwest region while ranking as top performer for growth and new business conversions.
  • Partnership Development: Fostered strategic partner relationships and co-hosted sales events, resulting in 6 new channel partnerships and over $1M in partner-driven revenue.
  • Team Management Success: Managed inside sales rep responsible for CRM functions, improving lead conversion rate by 35% and maintaining 98% data accuracy across 450+ active accounts.

Sales Manager

IntelliVision
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
San Jose
  • Client Base Expansion: Developed strategic account plans in hunting roles for new service providers, successfully expanding client base by 80% and adding $0.7M in new annual contracted revenue.
  • Sales Team Development: Evaluated, coached, and trained sales division team members, improving average rep performance by 50% and reducing ramp time for new hires by 40%.
  • Best Practices Implementation: Mentored entry-level sales reps in Cisco's best practices, achieving 90% MEDDPICC certification rate and establishing standardized sales methodology across a 7-person team.

Territory Business Manager, SMB and Commercial Accounts

Cisco Systems
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Moscow, Russian Federation

Award: Sales Champion FY14

Education

Certificate Program, Project Leadership

Cornell University
March 2021 - October 2021

Certificate Program, Business Analytics

Cornell University
2020 - 2021

Master's degree, Economics

Belarusian State University
2000 - 2006

Automotive Maintenance and Light Repairs

Wake Technical Community College
January 2024 - March 2024

Skills & Languages

Top Skills

  • Sales Operations
  • Logistics
  • Microsoft Excel

Languages

  • Russian (Native or Bilingual)
  • English (Full Professional)

Certifications & Awards

Professional Certifications

Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Copilot for Microsoft 365 AI Navigator Badge
The Power of Cisco+Splunk

Honors & Awards

Sales Champion FY14