Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, today announced the appointment of Arun Kumar Parameswaran as Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Sales & Distribution, India.
Based in Bengaluru, Arun Kumar Parameswaran will lead the overall Sales and Distribution strategy for India and will report into Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO and Chairperson, Salesforce India. Arun Kumar Parameswaran will officially join Salesforce in early May 2021.
Arun Kumar Parameswaran joins Salesforce with over 28 years of diverse and vast experience of working with customers across a broad spectrum of enterprise, commercial, public sector and SMB’s on their digital transformation journeys.
Customer base
Commenting on the appointment, Salesforce India CEO and Chariperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said India continues to be one of the fastest-growing regions for Salesforce.
“I am excited to welcome Arun Kumar Parameswaran on board to lead our sales team and support our growing customer base in India,” she said.
Expressing happiness over the appointment, Arun Kumar Parameswaran said he is excited to be joining Salesforce at such a pivotal time where customers in India are accelerating their digital journey.
“I look forward to working with a very dynamic India team to participate in this incredible growth opportunity and help deliver success for customers of all sizes on the Salesforce platform,” said Arun Kumar Parameswaran.
Arun Kumar Parameswaran joins Salesforce from VMware, in his role as Vice President for the Enterprise business. Arun Kumar Parameswaran was leading the Strategic Pursuit Practice across the JAPAC region.
CRM software
Prior to VMware, Arun Kumar Parameswaran worked in various leadership roles at Red Hat, Mastech/iGate, and Wipro Infotech.
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