BWI: Cisco Appoints New Leader for India’s Services Business

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Source: Cisco
Monday, October 04, 2010 04:31 PM IST (11:01 AM GMT)
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Cisco Appoints New Leader for India's Services Business
Srivalsan Ponnachath Takes Over from GB Kumar, Who Moves to a Regional Role

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, October 04, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Cisco Services, the consulting and technical support arm of Cisco Systems, has announced that Srivalsan Ponnachath, an IT industry veteran with over 21 years of experience in India and USA, has joined as Director, Cisco Services India. He takes over the reins of this growing business unit from Mr. GB Kumar, who led Cisco Services in India since 2007.

Srivalsan will lead a team responsible for accelerating customer shift to a network centric platform by driving adoption of architecture and vertical solutions from Cisco Services across India & SAARC.

Srivalsan's core expertise areas are in strategy consulting, sales management, and program management. Speaking on his new role, Srivalsan said: "I am happy to join Cisco Services at a time of high growth and significant business growth across sectors in India. Apart from the growing contribution to Cisco revenues, the Services business is seeing traction especially in green-field real estate projects, around Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities solution. I look forward to taking this team to new heights in the coming years."

Outgoing India head of Cisco Services, GB Kumar's new responsibilities see him in the role of managing director, Asia Pacific vertical enterprise practice, Cisco Services.

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