Informatica Corporation, an independent provider of data integration software, has announced the appointment of industry veterans Richard Jones as managing director, South Asia and Sangeetha Phalgunan as country manager, sales, India. These senior leadership appointments underscore the importance and potential in the Asia region, reinforcing Informatica's commitment to the market.
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Jones and Phalgunan, both hold the primary responsibility of growing the Informatica business in South Asia and India, respectively. Their roles will include increasing revenue, building partnerships for profitable outcomes and driving higher adoption of the Informatica platform.
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"Informatica solutions are relevant now, at a time when most organizations are overwhelmed by epic increases in data volumes, variety and velocity as a result of the rise of cloud, mobile and social computing," said Richard Jones, managing director, South Asia, Informatica.
"There is a tremendous opportunity for us to play a significant role in helping organizations maximize their return on data through proven innovations that increase the business value of data and drive down the cost of managing data. I look forward to partnering with customers in the South Asia region to help improve their business competitiveness. India in particular is a significant market for us, and I am confident that Sangeetha's sales leadership and channel development experience will help us serve the region."
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"Indian organizations are rising up quickly to become world-class enterprises. The difference between winning and losing in a data-driven world will be the ability to reduce ongoing costs of managing increasing volumes of data, and the ability of organizations to extract value from their data," said Sangeetha Phalgunan, country manager, sales, India, Informatica.
"The opportunity to join the leader in data integration and focus on building strong collaborations with our customers is a phenomenal one. They are relying on us to help them overcome their business challenges by realizing big returns on their data, and becoming more profitable as a result."
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In this role, Sangeetha Phalgunan will report into Richard Jones. Sangeetha brings over 20 years' sales experience in the enterprise software business. She has held senior positions with Serena Software, HP, Mercury Interactive Corporation India and BEA.
Richard Jones is a veteran in the data management space with over 15 years' experience in field sales and delivery management. Richard holds a Master's Degree in IT and Management.