- Puneet Gupta, MBA from IIM-Bangalore will succeed Anil Valluri
- NetApp is a hybrid cloud data services and data management company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California
NetApp, a cloud data services company, has appointed Puneet Gupta as Vice President for Sales, India and SAARC. He will succeed Anil Valluri, who will move on from NetApp in the last week of April.
Puneet holds a MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore as well as a degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi.
In a media statement, Sanjay Rohatgi, senior vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific, NetApp said,
“India is a strategic market for NetApp and key to our global growth plans. We are excited to welcome Puneet, who brings a wealth of experience in spearheading large country operations, building and growing businesses and leading high-performance teams. We look forward to his visionary leadership and extensive experience in driving our continued growth in the market. We also take this opportunity to thank Anil Valluri for his stellar contribution in building the India and SAARC business to its current robust stature.”
Speaking about his new role, Puneet Gupta, vice president for sales, India and SAARC, said,
“It is a dynamic time for the entire industry in India. I look forward to working closely with our business and technology partners to address customers’ growing need for solutions that are efficient and flexible, to enable their digital transformation. NetApp’s strong culture of innovation and growth, along with its constant and proven focus on staying ahead of the curve, is unparalleled.”