Dhamodaran To Head Cisco India Channel Operations And Commercial Strategy

Cisco has announced the appointment of R Dhamodaran as senior vice president, Channel Operations and Commercial Strategy, for India and SAARC. In this role, Dhamodaran's primary focus would be on strengthening Cisco's relationships with its partner community as well as driving the effort towards entrenching Cisco's presence in the commercial market, which is amongst the fastest growing segments for Cisco in the region. Dhamodaran, in his current capacity will report directly to Naresh Wadhwa, president and country manager, Cisco – India and SAARC.

Commenting on Dhamodaran's appointment, Wadhwa said, "With almost all our business being done through the channel, our partner community is integral to achieving the goals that we have set for ourselves across the India and SAARC region. We are pleased to have someone with Dhamodaran's extensive experience to lead this effort in strengthening our ties with this community".

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Wadhwa further added, "With our commercial business segment being tightly integrated with our channel program, we believe that Dhamodaran is well-positioned to drive our business and build

Cisco's profile in this market".

Dhamodaran has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He joins Cisco from IBM India where he was director, Software Alliances and Investment Territory Sales in IBM Asia Pacific. Prior to his stint at IBM, Dhamodaran was with Fujitsu ICIM for five years and served in organisations such as IDM, MMTC, and ISRO.