Debasish Pattanaik
About Debasish Pattanaik
Debasish Pattanaik serves as the Director of Revenue Operations at SpotDraft, where he focuses on driving growth in the B2B SaaS sector. He has extensive experience in sales operations and customer success, having previously held key roles at Happay and REVA University.
Current Role at SpotDraft
Debasish Pattanaik serves as the Director of Revenue Operations at SpotDraft, a position he has held since 2023. His role is hybrid and based in Karnataka, India. In this capacity, he focuses on driving strategic and scalable growth within the B2B SaaS sector. Pattanaik employs a unique blend of strategy and operations expertise to enhance business growth initiatives.
Previous Experience at Happay
Before joining SpotDraft, Pattanaik worked at Happay, an expense management solution for businesses. He held several positions there, including Head of Sales Operations and Customer Success Operations from 2019 to 2022. He also served as a Strategic Sales and Customer Success Operations member from 2018 to 2019. His tenure at Happay contributed to his extensive experience in revenue operations.
Academic Background
Pattanaik has a solid academic foundation in engineering and management. He earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Chemical Engineering from C.V. Raman College of Engineering from 2011 to 2015. He furthered his education with a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Great Lakes Institute of Management, studying from 2016 to 2018. Additionally, he completed a distance course in Successful Negotiation at the University of Michigan in 2016.
Teaching Experience at REVA University
From 2019 to 2020, Pattanaik served as a Visiting Faculty at REVA University in Bangalore. This role allowed him to share his knowledge and expertise in operations and management with students, contributing to their academic development.
Early Career and Internships
Pattanaik's early career includes various internships and trainee positions. He worked as a Consulting Intern at Happay in 2017, a Summer Research Intern at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela in 2014, and a Vacational Trainee at Steel Authority of India Limited in 2013. These experiences provided him with foundational skills in technical and operational roles.