Bengaluru, NFAPost: Fortinet has announced the appointment of Vishak Raman in a new role as the Vice President for Sales in India, SAARC and Southeast Asia.
Vishak Raman brings with him over two decades of experience in the cybersecurity space with proven expertise in product management, sales, marketing and business development.
Earlier as the Senior Regional Director, India & SAARC at Fortinet, he was instrumental in establishing and growing Fortinet’s technology leadership and success story in India.
He also set up a first-of-its-kind Technical Assistance Center at Bangalore which has over 200 engineers who provide 24/7 support to Fortinet’s customers in India and the Middle East.
Prior to Fortinet, he was Director of Security Business, India & SAARC at Cisco. Vishak who holds an engineering degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IIM Ahmedabad, has also worked in various roles at FireEye, Tata Communications, WatchGuard, Sify and HCl Technologies.
Fortinet Senior Vice President International Sales – Emerging & APJ Joe Sarno said the company is pleased to welcome back Vishak Raman to head Fortinet business in India, SAARC and Southeast Asia region.
“He brings along tremendous experience and cybersecurity market insights to add to our leadership team. Vishak Raman will be a key contributor as we continue to consolidate our leadership position and drive future growth in key areassuch as the convergence of security and networking, continued expansion of the Security Fabric mesh platform and adoption of our Secure SD-WAN,SD-Branch, Adaptive Cloud and OT,” said Fortinet Senior Vice President International Sales – Emerging & APJ Joe Sarno.
Expressing happiness over his appointment, Fortinet Vice President of Sales, India, SAARC and SEA Vishak Raman said he looks forward to working with the sales team, channel partners and distributors to secure networks from the expanding attack surface, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats andaddress network security complexity challenges which most organisations face.
“The Fortinet Security Fabric forms a solid foundation for any enterprise’s digital adoption journey and I am excited to drive our customers’ success in the digital economy. Fortinet’s cybersecurity mesh architecture’s primary objective is to place security everywhere it’s needed, anywhere in the network, even as users, devices, and applications multiply and become more mobile,” said Expressing happiness over his elevation, Fortinet Vice President of Sales, India, SAARC and SEA Vishak Raman
He also highlighted the fact that given the company’s leadership in security innovation Fortinet has a robust pipeline and strong business momentum and is well-positioned to continue the solid growth for several more years in this market.
