// Operator · Engagement Mode 01

Hands-on revenue execution — build, close, grow

I lead from the front. Embedded as the front-line revenue leader for IT services and PE-backed firms scaling $20M to $200M+. I stand up the GTM, run the partner motion, work named pursuits personally — taking the first call, shaping the deal, closing the SOW — and then grow and expand the strategic accounts.

// Currently building a stealth-mode venture at the intersection of AI · Data · Security.

$180M
// Peak P&L Run
Multi-YrTransformational
// Deals Shaped & Closed
25+
// Years on the Front Line
10
// Companies · 6 Markets
Santosh Rajput
// What I do (not advise)

Six things I take ownership of, personally

Build
The GTM motion, end to end

Account-tier doctrine, hunter/farmer split, pursuit stage gates, comp model, sales-engineering interlock, MEDDPICC discipline. Not a slide pack — the actual operating system the team uses on Monday.

Run
The partner ecosystem

Source, sign and operate alliances with hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks), workflow (Salesforce, ServiceNow), security (Darktrace, Tricentis). Co-sell motion, joint pipeline, attach economics.

Work
The pipeline myself

Take the first calls. Open the doors. Shape the deal in week one. I'm not a "set the strategy and disappear" leader — I sit in the rooms with the team while we figure out how to win the named accounts.

Close
Eight- and nine-figure deals

$120M EMC managed services. $7.5M / 3-year Citibank Modernization Factory. $60M Capgemini CX/data portfolio. $40M+ greenfield builds across UK, US, India, Malaysia. I close — and I'll do it again.

Grow
Strategic accounts post-close

Verizon $130M → $180M. Ness $17M → $70M (4×). Most account-growth machines stall at the first land. I run the account expansion playbook — second-tower, third-tower, multi-year MSA, governance refresh.

Hire
The next CRO and revenue org

When the operating engagement ends, I leave a built team, a documented operating system, and a successor I've personally hired. The point is not dependency — it's a revenue function that runs without me.

// How the engagement runs

Operating cadence — 90 days to multi-quarter

01

Land & Diagnose

Two weeks on the ground. Read the GTM dashboard, ride along on top-3 pursuits, interview the team, talk to the top-5 customers. Honest written diagnosis.

Weeks 1–2
02

Stand Up & Sell

Operating system rebuilt: account tiers, pursuit gates, comp, partner motion. Personally working the top-3 pursuits and one strategic account. First wins on the board.

Weeks 3–10
03

Scale & Hire

Second wave of pursuits. Alliance ecosystem operational. Hiring the team. Strategic accounts moving into expansion. The motion is now repeatable without me.

Weeks 11–24
04

Hand Off

New CRO or revenue lead in seat. Operating system documented. Pursuit war-room running. I shift to advisor cadence or exit cleanly. Either way — built to run without me.

Weeks 25+
// Receipts — what I've actually closed

Selected deals I worked front-line

// $120M / 3 YRS · CLOSED EMC Managed Services Tech Mahindra · 2016–17 Won and ran a $120M / 3-year AMS portfolio displacing a top-5 incumbent provider. Hands-on pursuit shaping, executive sponsor management, contract close.
// $7.5M / 3 YRS · CLOSED Citibank Modernization Factory USEReady · 2024–25 100K-user BI modernization at a top-5 global bank. Built $30M pipeline across 50+ application teams; closed $7.5M / 3-year Modernization Factory contract.
// $130M → $180M · ACCOUNT GROWN Verizon Enterprise + Consumer Tech Mahindra · 2016–17 Strategic East Coast telecom account. "Defend and grow" execution lifted Verizon from $130M to $180M across applications, infrastructure and data.
// $17M → $70M · 4× IN 3 YRS Ness — Hi-Tech & Retail BU 2013–16 Personally grew portfolio 4× in three years. Big-box retailer digital supply chain delivered $39M client savings, +5% EBITDA.
// $0 → $40M · GREENFIELD UK UST Global UK BU 2009–12 · London Built UK BU from $2M to $40M front-line. Schroders multi-tower, Debenhams managed services, Boots POS testing capability — all opened, sold and grown personally.
// 6-MONTH PROFITABILITY · JV BUILT YTL / YES + 1BestariNet Xchanging · 2012–13 · Malaysia JV-led greenfield national 4G build with Malaysia's MoE 1BestariNet anchor. Investment-recovery plan: 18 months. Profitability: 6.

Got a number you need to hit?

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