NetApp has appointed Ganesan Arumugam as its senior director for APAC Channel Sales and Alliances.
Ganesan brings nearly 30 years of experience in the technology sector, having managed channels and sales with renowned global enterprises such as Symantec, VMware, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and Novell. He will report directly to Andrew Sotiropoulos and will be stationed in Singapore.
Ganesan will coordinate with both global and regional market leaders to develop and execute NetApp’s channel strategy throughout Asia Pacific. In his new position, he is tasked with enhancing the capabilities and skillsets of the technical communities within the partner organisation.
In addition, as the APAC representative for NetApp’s Worldwide Partner Organisation (WPO), Ganesan will oversee expansion of company’s Partner Sphere program, which is designed to promote the adoption of unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions.
Commenting on the announcement, Andrew Sotiropoulos, senior vice president and general manager, NetApp Asia Pacific, said, “Our channels and partner ecosystem remains the foundation for our go-to-market strategy and overall growth for APAC. Previously as our India Channel lead, Ganesan played a key role in building up a strong and reliable ecosystem made up of NetApp-managed and distributor-managed partners, that extended well across the market and delivered consistent revenue growth. He will now step up to the APAC region and I am confident he will replicate his success here.”
Meanwhile, Ganesan Arumugam, said, “We have on board the best partners that can bring NetApp’s intelligent data management solutions to the market. When our partners succeed, we succeed. I look forward to engaging more of our partners in my new role, and am honoured for the opportunity to deepen NetApp’s relationships with them across APAC.”
