Career

Since 2007 I’ve worked across sales, customer service, market leadership and operations, most of it inside the Upwork ecosystem. The common thread is building systems that make teams faster and more accurate.

Focus

  • Deal desk and pricing governance
  • Revenue operations and Salesforce CPQ
  • Customer data operations and prospecting
  • Lead generation, scoring and routing
  • Program design and process improvement
  • Market launch and country management
  • Leading globally distributed teams
  • Public speaking and media

Selected outcomes

2× revenue in year one

Grew a national market from $4.5M to about $10M in my first year as Country Manager.

$50M+ market

Led local marketing and operations for a national market of more than $50M.

15× cost savings, 860% ROI

From a client prospecting process I designed inside a customer data operations program.

Six-figure budget

Managed for a global lead generation team.

68 international contracts

Delivered as an independent project management and recruitment consultant.

100+ events, 30+ media interviews

As a company spokesperson and brand ambassador.

Experience

Aug 2025 – Present

Deal Desk Analyst

Lifted, an Upwork company

Deal desk for enterprise sales: pricing governance in Salesforce CPQ, margin review on renewals, contract support, and coordination across Sales, Finance and Legal.

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

Deal Desk Analyst

Upwork

Supported the enterprise deal lifecycle through CPQ governance, approval workflows and contract validation, keeping deals compliant with pricing policy and moving on time.

2023 – 2024

Manager, Lead Generation

Upwork

Led a global lead generation team, and worked with cross-functional teams to improve lead scoring, qualification and routing.

2016 – 2022

Program Manager, Customer Data Operations

Upwork

Conceived and led a customer data operations program for Sales and Marketing, built the globally distributed unit that ran it, and engineered its client prospecting process.

Dec 2012 – Dec 2015

Country Manager, Bangladesh

Upwork

Launched and ran Elance, Elance-oDesk and then Upwork in Bangladesh, with responsibility for local marketing and operations, and served as the company’s spokesperson in the market.

2011 – 2012

Project Management Consultant

Freelance

Project management and recruitment work for international clients.

Apr 2008 – Jun 2011

Customer Service Manager

Grameenphone

Worked in Grameenphone’s contact center, responsible for service quality standards and availability targets.

Oct 2007 – Mar 2008

Assistant Manager, Sales

KONE Lifts & Escalators Bangladesh

Business development, account management and field market research for the authorized KONE agent in Bangladesh.

Education

Executive MBA, Marketing

North South University, 2019 – 2020

BBA, Human Resource Management and Marketing

North South University

Google Project Management Certificate

Google

Languages

English and Bengali

Native or bilingual

Hindi

Full professional

Elsewhere

The complete record is on LinkedIn.

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