Sidharth Malik is the new VP & MD of Akamai India

Akamai Technologies today announced, appointment of Sidharth Malik as vice president and managing director for Akamai India. Malik with an experience in technology space for over 18 years, will be responsible for managing and expanding Akamai's India operations.

Malik will be based out of Bangalore and report directly to Sanjay Singh, senior vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), a report issued by Akamai stated.

Malik has served at Microsoft India in the past, as senior director of developer platform business. Under his leadership the business doubled up in less than 3 years. He also served as managing director, South Asia for Telelogic AB, where he was credited with building a dynamic organization of 600+ employees, while also expanding revenue margins, making it the company's second largest operation in Asia Pacific.

"We are fortunate to have an industry veteran like Sidharth Malik joining our team, as we focus on the next stage of expansion of our businesses in India," said Sanjay Singh. "His experience and deep understanding of the changing local market will help us develop unique solutions, enter new verticals and provide great customer experiences to accelerate our growth in the country," Singh added.

The new vice president and managing director of Akamai India has also worked in various roles at senior positiions such as country manager at IBM Rational India, area vice president at Salesforce.com, and sales manager at Tata Elxsi India.