Naresh Desai Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Singapore

In this role, I am responsible for the Check Point business across APAC including Japan that goes through Distribution. This includes responsibility for the SMB business in the region.

Singapore

In this role I have P&L responsibility for the accelerated growth of Security,Cloud, Analytics & IOT in Asia Pacific, leading a team of dedicated sales andtechnical resources. This includes new and emerging vendor and channelpartner recruitment as well as helping channel partners transform their businessinto value creation engines in next gen technologies. As the IT Industry goesthrough its most disruptive transformation not only in Technology but also how ITis consumed by customers, my role involves driving internal process redesignadvanced analytics and automation capabilities.

Mumbai

Mumbai Area, India

This role had P&L Responsiblity in driving the company's Technology Distribution Business in India and accelerating the success of its Customers, Partners, Vendors and Employees. - Established Value Added Distribution Businesses with Global Entrerprise Vendors like IBM, HP, Oracle, Netapp, Juniper, VMware, Citrix, F5 and HDS. - Launched Avnet's Industry Leading Solutions Practice - VirtualPath in India driving the recruitment, enablement and profitable growth of Channel Partners in the area of Virtualization.- Driving very high levels of Employee Engagement.- Aligning with Vendors Channel Priorities and Strategies to drive profitable growth for the entire Supply Chain.- Additional Asia Pacific Level Leadership Responsibility for Avnet Academy - Running Authorized Training Centers for IT Training & Enablement.

- Co-founder of this company begining with selling White Box PC's in Mumbai and grew this into one of the leading IT Infrastructure Solution Providers in the country culiminating into an acquisition by Avnet Inc in 2008. - Led the company with a vision to be at the forefront of Cutting Edge Technology Solutions and the first to embrace a number of new technology trends in the country. - Among IBM's First four Business Partner appointees in India in 1994.- IBM Beacon Award Winner in 2008.- VMware's first Business Partner in India- Established Successful Technology Practices in Virtualization, Information Security, Storage and Infrastructure Management, delivering services in domestic and international markets.- Drove Very High Employee Engagement levels resulting in unparalleled Employee Retention Levels. - US$ 15m Revenue delivering Operating Profit that fuelled further investment in Technology Innovation.- Successful Acquistion and Integration with Avnet Technology Solutions.

- Having joined as a Trainee Systems Engineer in 1985, I witnessed very rapid career growth leading to the role of Dy. GM and responsible for National Services Delivery for the range of DEC, DEC compatible systems and PC's.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunications

Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering

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