# Umar Abbasi

Umar Abbasi is a remote worker on Himalayas, Business Development Partner at Obsidian Connects, based in Pakistan.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@umarabbasi

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Sales Development Representative at NorthSparrow, turning 832 prospect websites into 186 verified agency prospects.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Pakistan |
| Authorized to work in | Pakistan |
| Salary expectations | 30k+ USD |
| Job categories | Sales Development Representative |
| Skills | Cold Email, B2B Lead Generation, Outbound Sales, Prospect Research, ICP Targeting, Persona Based Targeting, List Building, Lead Qualification, Email Sequences, Email Deliverability, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Email Warm Up, Email Verification |
| Website | https://northsparrowhq.com |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm seeking a full-time remote SDR role.
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## About

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At NorthSparrow, I set up cold email infrastructure from scratch and rebuilt a lead search that was pulling the wrong companies. I scraped and classified 832 prospect websites, rescuing 165 real service businesses and growing the call list from 21 to 186 verified prospects.

At Obsidian Connects, I research newly funded US tech companies and write one-to-one cold emails to CTOs and engineering leaders. On Upwork, I earned Top Rated status with a 92% Job Success Score across 95 jobs and 3,925+ hours for clients in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
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## Experience

### Business Development Partner (current)

Obsidian Connects. Sep 2026 - Present

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Selected through a written cold email test to reach CTOs and engineering leaders at newly funded US tech companies. Researches accounts to find hiring signals and writes one-to-one emails, verifying addresses and clearing targets before sending.
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Skills: Cold-Email, Prospect-Research, Crunchbase, Apollo, NeverBounce, Lead-Qualification, Account-Research

### Founder and Sales Lead (current)

NorthSparrow. Jan 2026 - Present

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Owns all sales and outbound for a white-label AI and GoHighLevel automation agency selling to US marketing agencies. Set up cold email infrastructure, wrote sequences, audited lead sources, and built call scripts and trackers.
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Skills: Cold-Email, B2B-Lead-Generation, Apollo, Instantly, Lemlist, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, Email-Warm-Up, Email-Verification, GoHighLevel-CRM, Google-Sheets, Loom, Apify, Lead-Research, Sales-Scripting

### Freelance Sales and Automation Specialist (current)

[Upwork](https://himalayas.app/companies/upwork). Jan 2022 - Present

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Top Rated freelancer with 92% Job Success Score, 95 jobs and 3,925+ hours for clients in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Wins projects with a repeatable proposal system that opens on client pain and includes Loom proof videos.
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Skills: Cold-Email, B2B-Lead-Generation, Proposal-Writing, Loom, Client-Communication, Automation

### LinkedIn Appointment Setter

UK Consulting Firm. Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

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Built targeted lead lists in LinkedIn Sales Navigator for a UK consulting firm and ran personalized connection requests, message sequences, and follow-ups to book qualified calls with decision makers.
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Skills: LinkedIn-Sales-Navigator, Lead-Generation, Appointment-Setting, Outreach, Follow-up

## Education

### The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering. 2022 - Present. Grade: 3.80/4.00

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Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering with a CGPA of 3.80/4.00.
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## Tech stack

- Apollo
- Google Workspace
- Google Sheets
- Apify
- NeverBounce
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Loom
- Instantly
- Lemlist

To contact Umar, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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