Sugato Deb, PhD, MBA

Digital Engineering / Transformation Leader | C-Suite Trusted Advisor, Business Value Consultant, AI Practitioner | Buying Journey, GTM, Revenue Enablement Expert | Featured in HBR, Forbes, Gartner, SAMA Thought Leader

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Synopsys Incex-National Instrumentsex-Trilogy

An industry-recognized leader in digital transformation and digital engineering, I help enterprises generate double-digit growth and achieve a competitive edge through Strategically Influencing Customer Decision Journeys and Improving Sales Effectiveness.

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►DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS OUTCOMES: Building 360 Organizational Alignment across multiple Stakeholders/Functions/Silos in F500 Companies; Baseline Analysis to Identify Highest Business Impact Areas to Improve Cost/Revenue, Time to Market, Quality; Data and Evidence-Based Diagnosis of Root Cause and Solution Approach; B2B diverse industry focus from F500 to smaller companies. ►BUSINESS VALUE CONSULTING: Built Business Value Consulting Organization and Customer Engagement Framework; Customer’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and ROI Business Case Creation; Business and Technology Assessment Workshops; Cross-industry Best-In-Class Benchmarking; Design Thinking Approach Influencing Customer’s Decision Journey; Value Creation and Realization. ►SALES ENABLEMENT & GO-TO-MARKET (GTM): Business Insight “Challenger” Playbooks for Sales and Partners; Industry Business Value Flow Maps; TCO Analysis Models for Common Scenarios; Customer Success ROI Case Studies; Launched SAM and ABM Customer Engagement Programs using Value Selling; GTM Value Offerings using Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) approach. I have extensive leadership experience at Ansys, Microsoft, National Instruments, Trilogy, and Deloitte Consulting. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: ► FEATURED as Best-in-Class in Harvard Business Review (HBR) article, “The New Sales Imperative,” (March-April 2017) and HBP publication, "How National Instruments Gets Access to the C-Suite“ ► SHOWCASED as best-in-class by Gartner/Corporate Executive Board (CEB) and Strategic Accounts Management Association (SAMA) for impact on strategic account growth. ► KEYNOTES AND WEBCASTS include SAMA: Business Value Assessments to become Trusted Advisors to Strategic Accounts; Gartner: Building Sales Playbooks for Growth; Gartner: A Discussion of NI’s Growth Simplification Toolkit; National Instruments' Test Leadership Forum, CXX Executive Forum. KEY SKILLS: Business Outcomes / Value Consulting; C-Suite Selling; Challenger Selling; Insight Selling; Sales / Buyer / Customer Enablement; Sales Playbooks; TCO/ROI/Payback; Total Cost of Ownership; GTM; Digital/Business Transformations; Customer Buying Journey; Customer Decision Journey; Sales Process; Strategic/Key Account Program; SAM/KAM/GAM; Revenue Growth; Management Consulting; Benchmarking Assessments; Win/Loss Analysis; Thought Leadership

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  2. ANSYSJOB
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  3. MICROSOFTJOB
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      2Y 6M
  4. NATIONAL INSTRUMENTSJOB
    1. Global Head, Business Impa…
      6Y 11M
    2. Dir of Business Impact Con…
      4Y 11M
    3. Dir of Business Value GTM…
      5Y 11M
    4. Dir of Corporate Development
      4Y 11M
  5. TRILOGYJOB
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  6. DELOITTEJOB
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Time in market 28Y 7MOpen 1Closed 8Stints 9

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  1. Job: National Instruments — Global Head, Business Impact Consulting Group, Key Accounts & Sales Excellence · 2014 – 2020
  2. Job: National Instruments — Director of Business Value GTM & Strategic Partnerships, Product Marketing · 2005 – 2010
  3. Job: Trilogy — Director of Strategy & Business Development, Automotive · 1999 – 2000
  4. Job: Microsoft — Director, Customer Business Outcomes - Digital Transformation, Business Development & Industry GTM · 2020-09 – 2023-03
  5. Job: National Instruments — Director of Business Impact Consulting Group, Strategic Development, Americas · 2010 – 2014
  6. Job: Synopsys Inc — Simulation and Analysis - Customer Business Value & Benchmarking Advisory, Digital Engineering · 2025-07 – present
  7. Job: National Instruments — Director of Corporate Development · 2001 – 2005
  8. Job: Ansys — Customer Success Executive - Customer Business Value & Benchmarking Advisory, Digital Engineering · 2023-05 – 2025-07
  9. Job: Deloitte — Senior Management Consultant - Strategy & Business Process Reengineering · 1998 – 1999

Skills

Executive AdvisoryProduct DevelopmentManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementSales EnablementCompetitive AnalysisProduct Lifecycle ManagementProgram ManagementElectronicsGo-to-market StrategyTelecommunicationsSales EffectivenessKey Account DevelopmentValue EngineeringConsultative SellingStrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyAccount ManagementCRM

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