NetApp, a cloud services provider, has appointed Puneet Gupta as vice president for sales, India and SAARC.

As part of his new role, Gupta will be responsible for spearheading NetApp’s India and SAARC operations, primarily focussing on driving customer and business growth. He will also work towards strengthening engagement with NetApp’s partners.

Gupta has succeeded Anil Valluri and will report to Sanjay Rohatgi, senior vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific.

Before joining NetApp, Gupta was working at Tech Mahindra as senior vice president. Prior to that, he served as the managing director of the enterprise & public sector business at Cisco, India.