EMC Names Praveen Sahai as Iomega's Director of Sales - India & SAARC
IT News Online Staff
2010-02-09
EMC India has named Praveen Sahai as Director of Sales for Iomega Corp. in India and SAARC. Iomega is an EMC company providing innovative storage and network security solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and others.
In this role, Praveen is responsible for Iomega's end-to-end operations in India and the SAARC region, including pre-sales, sales, marketing and partner support functions.
Prior to his current posting, Praveen headed up the marketing and corporate affairs department, where he was responsible for spearheading strategic planning initiatives, including marketing strategy and corporate brand building, as well as developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders in the region.
Manoj Chugh, President of EMC in India and SAARC, said, "We have seen strong traction from the SOHO and consumer markets for the Iomega range of storage products. The market for Iomega is growing exponentially in sync with information growth in the consumer and SMB space. We are confident that Praveen's leadership and Iomega's range of exciting products will help us increase our market share in these segments."
"EMC's long-standing relationship with India customers is strengthened through its efforts in developing and leading the market. We have always been committed towards strengthening and nurturing our local leadership team," added Manoj.
"I am excited to take on my new role at Iomega at a time when the brand is seeing resurgent growth," said Praveen Sahai, Director of Sales for Iomega in India and SAARC. "With the advantage of having the technology and marketing strength of EMC behind it, we aim to grow the market multi-fold over the coming years through driving awareness campaigns, education and partnership programs that create the need and desire for customers to use personal and networked storage technologies that benefit them in their daily lives."
Praveen joined EMC with a distinguished career record, having held senior positions in various multinationals and Indian corporations. At Sun Microsystems, Praveen held the position of Product Marketing Manager for South Asia, responsible for developing marketing strategies for Sun's data management group. In addition, he led a host of other marketing functions, including integrated marketing communications, channel initiatives, telemarketing and inside sales, and competitive positioning.
Praveen began his career at PowerTel Boca in sales, channels development and management of enterprise accounts. He went on to become marketing communications and alliance manager following Citrix's acquisition of PowerTel in India.
Praveen is also a regular speaker at industry forums, and currently serves on the board of directors at the SNIA India (Storage Networking Industry Association). Praveen is an active contributor to EMC's CSR programs that are focused on developing programs for children's education, and skills development for needy communities in India.
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