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Aravind Bala

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Founder at Seekout

Greater Seattle Area

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About

Aravind Bala serves as an Advisor to the Board at SeekOut and is a board member at Actabl and Unify Consulting. He previously held roles as President, CEO, and Board Member at Navex, EVP of SAP Business Network, and Chief Revenue Officer of SAP's SMB cloud ERP business, and was CEO and co-founder of Nuiku, a natural language processing and artificial intelligence company. Bala has over 30 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies and startups and resides in Bellevue, WA, and Montana.

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Experience

  1. SeekOutAdvisor to the Boardcurrent2026 — present
  2. ActablBoard Advisorcurrent2026 — presentNorth America
  3. Unify ConsultingBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  4. Alexander HuttonStrategic Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  5. NAVEXChief Executive Officer2022 — 2025United States
  6. NAVEXPresident, COO, Board Member2021 — 2022Portland, Oregon, United States
  7. SAPEVP & GM SAP Procurement Network & Ecosystem2018 — 2021Bellevue
  8. SAPSVP & Chief Revenue Officer - Cloud ERP Sales & Channel for Small and Mid-Size Businesses2016 — 2018Bellevue, WA
  9. Nuiku IncCo-Founder, CEO2011 — 2016Redmond, WA
  10. MicrosoftManaging Director, Strategic Alliances and JV’s2007 — 2011Redmond, Washington, United States
  11. MicrosoftDirector, SQL Server Product Management2004 — 2007Redmond, Washington, United States
  12. MicrosoftGroup Product Marketing Manager2002 — 2004Redmond, Washington, United States
  13. NimbleVice President Sales and Service2000 — 2002
  14. drugstore.comManaging Director, Venture Integration1999 — 2000Bellevue, Washington
  15. DeloitteSenior Manager, Management Consulting1995 — 1999
  16. DeloitteSenior Auditor and Tax Advisor1989 — 1993

Skills & more

Enterprise Software99Product Management49Product Marketing47Business Strategy41Business Development67ERP19Consulting18E-business2Channel Strategy8Channel Partners18SAP5Go-to-market Strategy99
+8 moreSaaSCloud ComputingBusiness IntelligenceChannelAnalyticsBusiness AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsIT Strategy

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Who is Aravind Bala?
Aravind Bala serves as an Advisor to the Board at SeekOut and is a board member at Actabl and Unify Consulting. He previously held roles as President, CEO, and Board Member at Navex, EVP of SAP Business Network, and Chief Revenue Officer of SAP's SMB cloud ERP business, and was CEO and co-founder of Nuiku, a natural language processing and artificial intelligence company. Bala has over 30 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies and startups and resides in Bellevue, WA, and Montana.
Where does Aravind Bala work?
Aravind Bala is Founder of Seekout.
What companies did Aravind Bala found?
Aravind Bala founded Seekout.
Where did Aravind Bala go to school?
Aravind Bala studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Business Strategy and Management); Gonzaga University (Bachelor of Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude).

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