BWI: Cisco Appoints New Marketing Head for India & SAARC Region

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Cisco
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 02:10 PM IST (08:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Cisco Appoints New Marketing Head for India & SAARC Region
To Focus on Tighter Alignment between Marketing and Business Goals

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, November 16, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Cisco India today announced the appointment of Nand Kishore Badami as senior vice president of marketing for the India and SAARC region. Kishore is an IT industry veteran with over 27 years of experience, and has worked in various organizations both in India and abroad.

As Senior VP of Marketing, Kishore's mandate is to ensure tighter alignment of strategic marketing objectives and outcomes with Cisco India's business plans. He will bear functional responsibility for market management in all segments and lines of businesses, including thought leadership, digital marketing, business analytics, partner marketing, events and solution launches. Additionally, he will focus on demand generation programs to accelerate Cisco's position in the India and SAARC market.

In the past, Kishore has held senior positions with leading IT organizations including HCL Infosystems, Tally Solutions and Citrix Systems. Prior to joining Cisco, he was vice-president of global marketing with Netmagic Solutions.

In his previous roles, Kishore has worked across sales, distribution, channels, strategic alliances, marketing and strategy functions. His broad experience in sales and marketing extends to hardware, software, System Integration (SI), collaboration, virtualization, datacenter and managed services.

Kishore holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from Bangalore University and a Diploma in Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He is also a post graduate in marketing management from IGNOU.

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