Ambarish Deshpande to Drive McAfee's Mid Market Business in South Asia
IT News Online Staff
2010-01-12
McAfee India Sales Pvt. Ltd. has named Ambarish Deshpande as Director - Alliances, Channels and Mid Market for South Asia. In this role, he will be responsible for driving McAfee's mid-market business and strengthening the company's relationships with its partners in South Asia.
Wahab Yusoff, Vice President - South Asia, said, "As the world's largest dedicated security vendor, McAfee has been looking at strategically increasing market share in the South Asian security market with its commitment to providing end-to-end information security solutions for its customers."
"I am confident that Ambarish, with his extensive experience and track record in the security industry, will help us strengthen our channel relationships and deliver on our strong commitment to our mid-market customers in South Asia," added Yusoff.
"The information security industry has displayed stable growth during recession times. McAfee, with its focus on information security, is uniquely positioned to lead this segment in the years to come. I am excited to be part of this growth story as it unfolds," said Ambarish Deshpande.
With more than 15 years of experience in the security industry, Ambarish brings to McAfee extensive experience in growing new businesses and driving growth through channel and enterprise sales. Ambarish joins McAfee from IronPort Systems, a Cisco business unit, where he was the Country Manager responsible for growing its business in India.
Prior to IronPort, Ambarish was heading Symantec's channel sales in India and he has also worked at Tech Pacific Technologies, an Ingram Micro company.
Ambarish holds a Bachelors degree in Science (Chemistry) and a MBA in Sales and Marketing from Mumbai University.
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