Vishak Raman has been appointed as the Vice President of Sales for India, SAARC, and Southeast Asia by Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions.
Vishak Raman has over two decades of experience in cybersecurity, with a track record of success in product management, sales, marketing, and business development. He was previously the Senior Regional Director, India and SAARC at Fortinet, where he was responsible for establishing and growing the company’s technology leadership and success in India. He also established a first-of-its-kind Technical Assistance Centre in Bangalore, which employs over 200 engineers who provide Fortinet’s customers in India and the Middle East with round-the-clock support.
Prior to Fortinet, he was Director of Security Business, India, and 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.
Commenting on this new role Vishak said: “I look forward to working with the sales team, channel partners and distributors to secure networks from the expanding attack surface, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and address 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. Given our leadership in security innovation we have a robust pipeline and strong business momentum and are well-positioned to continue the solid growth for several more years in this market,” Vishak added.
Additionally, Fortinet thanked Rajesh Maurya for his outstanding leadership in growing the India and SAARC business as he moves into a new role within Fortinet, to be announced in the coming weeks.
