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Samater Fatah

Sterling

Summary

Experienced Sales professional with more than ten years of increasingly responsible employment. Diversified, progressive experience in the area of Client Services/Sales to include: customer care, client services, workforce management, resume critiquing & sales/marketing. Possess ability to interact with various customer groups as well as senior level management. Able to handle multiple requests and meet deadlines in a timely manner.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Account Manager

FS-ISAC
02.2025 - Current
  • Delivered sales presentations and pitches to clients, upper management and junior sales associates for demonstration.
  • Cultivated productive relationships with business representatives and consulted closely to uncover needs and match to available solutions.
  • Mentored junior account management professionals to develop skills and increase company revenue.
  • Worked with customers to develop strategic business and account plans.
  • Sold new products and services and developed new accounts to maximize revenue potential.
  • Provided extensive support in sales, technical and business areas to key accounts.
  • Attended monthly sales meetings and quarterly sales trainings.
  • Consulted with businesses to supply accurate product and service information.
  • Achieved or exceeded company-defined sales quotas.
  • Negotiated prices, terms of sales and service agreements.
  • Kept detailed records of daily activities through Salesforce.

Sponsorship Manager

American Hotel & Lodging Association
09.2023 - 08.2024

Brainstorm with the Strategic Partnership & Business Development team to create healthy

sponsorship pipelines for signature events and initiatives and support relationship leads’

outreach as needed, through the creation of PowerPoint decks, email drafts, etc.

· Regularly review and reimagine sponsorship benefits and pricing to ensure members see

value in investing in AHLA events and initiatives.

· Collaborate cross-functionally (across AHLA and AHLA Foundation teams) to ensure

sponsorship deliverables are fulfilled; serve as a nexus point for everything sponsorship-related

at AHLA.

· Prospect for new sponsors by combing through industry event sponsorship lists, exhibitor

lists, etc., and research company products/services to determine sponsorship alignment.

· Update AHLA’s CRM system in a timely manner to ensure data accuracy; provide pipeline

and revenue reports to the team and COO and EVP on request.

Additional support and project execution as required by the Senior Vice President, Strategic

Partnerships & Business Development.

Director of Client Development

EAS Consulting Group
08.2021 - 07.2023
  • Facilitating the review, negotiation, and approval of all master service agreements with clients
  • Facilitating the review and approval of all confidentiality agreements with potential clients
  • Working with directors to prepare and submit proposals and quotes to clients
  • Assisting directors with general project management activities as directed
  • Assisting Directors and consultants with the editing and finalizing of presentations
  • Salesforce Administrator, tracking leads, clients, opportunities and special projects
  • Helping To Create Reports, Processes and Workflows in Salesforce, reporting directly to CEO
  • Assisting in marketing activities targeted to specific commodity areas
  • Handling specific project engagements from clients and potential clients.

Global Account Manager

Cogent Communications
12.2020 - 07.2021
  • Hunting to identify new business opportunities within a global sales territory
  • Calling and emailing key decision makers to identify, qualify and generate new leads
  • Prospecting and selling efforts through onsite and virtual customer meetings
  • Promote Cogent Services such as colocation, date centers and IP transit to potential customers
  • Using our CRM tool to leverage new business opportunities daily
  • Manage pipeline to make sure that all business opportunities are up to date and current
  • Make between 30-50 calls per day, reaching out to prospective leads and current clients.

Senior Account Manager

DLT Solutions
04.2019 - 10.2020
  • Develop and maintain assigned client, customer, and partner relationships
  • Educate assigned clients, customers, and partners on DLT core value services
  • Conduct basic research to identify opportunities
  • Find and contact potential sales prospects
  • Develop and report monthly sales activity documentation - Sales Plays, etc.
  • Conduct general lead generation and sales activities
  • Make calls to potential customers to discuss assigned client product
  • Participate in sales and marketing activities to promote client products
  • Worked with Cisco Consolidated Workspace
  • Manage, document, and forecast a pipeline of opportunities to drive retention and growth of business with DLT.
  • Conduct client and customer success activities to retain and build business
  • Investigate and resolve client and customer issues as they arise
  • Document quotes and other sales activities accurately in company CRM
  • Track all opportunities to support attainment of sales goals
  • Manage agreements and credit terms as needed
  • Execute Business Planning Objectives - Internal Team and Client/Partner Joint Business Plans
  • Communicate With Oracle Federal Account Reps to make sure that we are meeting our objectives
  • Reaching out daily to contracting officers and procurement officers to make sure award details are correct, and come in on time.
  • Using the CRM system to forecast my monthly pipeline
  • Meeting my monthly, quarterly and yearly quotas.
  • Assist Sales with developing prototype demonstrations
  • Managing and completing system configurations and setting up users
  • Adapts existing methods and procedures to create alternative solutions to complex problems
  • Self-motivated in keeping up to date in terms of newest technologies on the market
  • Brainstorm with the Strategic Partnership & Business Development team to create healthy sponsorship pipelines for signature events and initiatives and support relationship leads' outreach as needed, through the creation of PowerPoint decks, email drafts, etc.
  • Regularly review and reimagine sponsorship benefits and pricing to ensure members see value in investing in AHLA events and initiatives.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally (across AHLA and AHLA Foundation teams) to ensure sponsorship deliverables are fulfilled; serve as a nexus point for everything sponsorship-related at AHLA.
  • Prospect for new sponsors by combing through industry event sponsorship lists, exhibitor lists, etc., and research company products/services to determine sponsorship alignment.
  • Update AHLA's CRM system in a timely manner to ensure data accuracy; provide pipeline and revenue reports to the team and COO and EVP on request.
  • Additional support and project execution as required by the Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development.

Sales & Membership Manager

Ethics & Compliance Initiative
04.2018 - 04.2019
  • Drove new membership campaigns with the assistance of the Director of Membership and our CEO.
  • Was tasked with researching new potential new clients by utilizing our CRM tool Salesforce and D&B Hoovers.
  • Reached out to potential new clients by sending introductory emails describing our company and services and using Salesforce to track new leads and contacts.
  • Would set up calls with prospective new clients once I received a response via email.
  • I would track and monitor the communication logs and status of prospective new clients.
  • Improved membership numbers for ECI and thus increased revenue impact across ECI Products.
  • This included remediating assigned at-risk accounts as well as identifying new revenue generating opportunities within at-risk accounts, when appropriate and relevant.
  • Advised the assigned BDM on suggested remediation and next steps and/or worked directly with the client toward a resolution, if appropriate.
  • Managed the data collected through the Salesforce Dashboard and Leads Report and be prepared to present key feedback to ECI leadership and department leads.
  • Helped coordinate and then ensured consistency across the various teams in terms of policies and processes for handling at-risk client interaction and escalations.
  • Maintained an in-depth knowledge of ECI's products and services, account and billing processes, various policies and procedures and points of escalation related to service delivery and product; worked closely with these teams as needed for issue resolution.
  • Forecasted potential loss of revenue due to missing functionality or product limitations and worked with the Marketing team on possible deliverables and future updates that might mitigate the non-renewals.
  • Consistently met and exceeded monthly, quarterly renewal goals, surpassing the $1.2 million mark in yearly renewals in 2018.

Customer Account Manager

Strategy Execution
01.2014 - 01.2018
  • Converted US and International inbound student inquiries into Open Enrollment course registrations
  • Responded to online, live requests for information from current or prospective students visiting ESI's public website
  • Resold unassigned course cancellations to ESI's existing student population
  • Sold and administered ESI's unlimited eLearning offering
  • Managed all sales leads that did not have a US state designation using Salesforce
  • Served as liaison between the customer care and inside sales team reporting directly to the Director, Inside Sales
  • Carried an individual quota (comprised of inbound registrations, international registrations, and cancellation resells)
  • Answered all prospect calls in a timely, efficient and knowledgeable manner
  • Possessed a firm knowledge of ESI's products and services in order to proactively promote new products in support of Open Enrollment's revenue target
  • Completed error-free student registration transactions efficiently and promptly
  • Proactively solicited customer feedback, provided information regarding courses and programs, probed for their satisfaction with ESI services as a means to grow and expand our student registrations
  • Exercised appropriate judgment relative to student concerns and upward communications
  • Used listening and questioning skills to identify student needs and opportunities for delivery of additional ESI services
  • Maintained thorough working knowledge of ESI's systems, processes and products
  • Assisted and guided students and clients with access to ESI Systems and portals for class access with platforms such as Moodle

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

West Virginia University
01.2026

Skills

  • Operations
  • Business strategies
  • Goals and performance
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Sales tactics
  • Strategic planning
  • Vendor management
  • Customer relations
  • Cold calling
  • Sales expertise
  • Invoicing
  • Business development
  • Revenue generation
  • Partnership development
  • Database management

Timeline

Senior Account Manager

FS-ISAC
02.2025 - Current

Sponsorship Manager

American Hotel & Lodging Association
09.2023 - 08.2024

Director of Client Development

EAS Consulting Group
08.2021 - 07.2023

Global Account Manager

Cogent Communications
12.2020 - 07.2021

Senior Account Manager

DLT Solutions
04.2019 - 10.2020

Sales & Membership Manager

Ethics & Compliance Initiative
04.2018 - 04.2019

Customer Account Manager

Strategy Execution
01.2014 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

West Virginia University
Samater Fatah