INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Nutanix promotes James Karuttykaran to senior director role
Nutanix , a global provider of cloud computing solutions for private , hybrid and multi-cloud environments , has announced the promotion of James Karuttykaran as Senior Director , Multicloud Business Development , EMEA . In his new role , Karuttykaran will be responsible for developing strategic partnerships with leading players in the public cloud . He reports directly to Andy Brewerton , Director , Sales Strategy EMEA , Nutanix .
In this new position , Karuttykaran will put his extensive expertise in Nutanix technologies to work for the company ’ s customers ’ multi-cloud deployment needs . His priority will be to strengthen Nutanix ’ s relationship with Microsoft to facilitate the deployment of European customers ’ infrastructure and workloads on Azure .
James Karuttykaran , Senior Director , Multi-cloud Business Development , EMEA , Nutanix
Karuttykaran joined Nutanix at the creation of the French office in March 2014 as a pre-sales engineer . He quickly rose through the ranks to become Nutanix ’ s Senior Director , Systems Engineering
Southern Europe and French-speaking Africa , responsibilities he held prior to this new promotion . Before joining Nutanix , he spent six years at VMware where he held various pre-sales , customer and partner positions , followed by 2 years at HDS as a virtualisation specialist . With an initial training in electronics and industrial computing at the University of Cergy Pon toise , Karuttykaran continued his training with a work-study programme in computer science at the CFA Léonard de Vinci at Veritas Software .
Karuttykaran will put his extensive expertise in Nutanix technologies to work for the company ’ s customers ’ multi-cloud deployment needs .
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Kissflow appoints regional sales director to drive low-code , no-code adoption in MEA
With the rapid Digital Transformation in the Middle East being threatened by a shortage of skilled IT resources , Kissflow , one of India ’ s top five SaaS Software companies whose products are used by organisations in over 160 countries , has set its sights on an aggressive expansion in the region , as it looks to empower employees at all organisational levels .
Tasked with leading this strategy in the region is the company ’ s newly hired Vaidy Panchabikesan , Regional Sales Director , who
Tasked with leading this strategy in the region is the company ’ s newly hired Vaidy Panchabikesan , Regional Sales Director , who takes on the responsibility for expanding Kissflow ’ s presence in the region . takes on the responsibility for expanding Kissflow ’ s presence in the region , extending its partner network and ultimately driving enterprise sales for the industry-leading nocode , low-code work management platform .
The company ’ s regional ambitions mirror its broader global expansion which saw it scale its workforce by 50 % through the height of the pandemic as a result of businesses turning to low code and no code solutions to increase agility and productivity while reducing costs .
“ Currently , 40 % of companies have moderate to major skills gaps . The resulting digital inefficiency can be profound , costing as much as 20 % in lost productivity ,” explained Vaidy . “ While organisations across the Middle East have been early adopters of Digital Transformation , it is imperative that they have the technology infrastructure and in-house skill sets to ensure the success of these initiatives .” •
Currently , 40 % of companies have moderate to major skills gaps . The resulting digital inefficiency can be profound , costing as much as 20 % in lost productivity .
Vaidy Panchabikesan , Regional Sales Director , Kissflow
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