Saviynt, a provider of cloud-native identity governance solutions, on Wednesday announced that Nitin Varma has joined the company as senior vice-president and managing director for India and SAARC.
The firm has nearly 600 employees in India serving all corporate functions. Varma’s appointment will strengthen its go-to-market effort, and he will be leading customer acquisition efforts, building and enhancing technical and consulting partnerships, and elevating its overall position as a provider of identity security solutions in India and SAARC, said a company statement.
India is part of the eight-nation grouping of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
“Nitin brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations, and strategy for some of the leading companies in identity, security, and infrastructure. We have a large opportunity and aggressive goals for growing our business in South Asia, and we are confident that he is the perfect choice to build and scale our business in the region,” said Paul Zolfaghari, president at Saviynt.
Varma has more than two decades of leadership experience in cybersecurity and technology, including with organisations such as CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Cisco. In his last assignment as managing director at CrowdStrike he was responsible for building, scaling and creating a strong market presence across India and SAARC.
“I am excited to join Saviynt at a time when the company has tremendous potential to gain mindshare, build its reputation, capture market share in South Asia, and most importantly deliver the desired outcomes to customers. India is the second most targeted nation in the world in terms of cyberattacks, a vast majority of which are identity related,” said Varma. “I look forward to building an impactful team and developing ecosystem partnerships and alliances to educate businesses in the region about the firm.”
The firm has nearly 600 employees in India serving all corporate functions. Varma’s appointment will strengthen its go-to-market effort, and he will be leading customer acquisition efforts, building and enhancing technical and consulting partnerships, and elevating its overall position as a provider of identity security solutions in India and SAARC, said a company statement.
India is part of the eight-nation grouping of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
“Nitin brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations, and strategy for some of the leading companies in identity, security, and infrastructure. We have a large opportunity and aggressive goals for growing our business in South Asia, and we are confident that he is the perfect choice to build and scale our business in the region,” said Paul Zolfaghari, president at Saviynt.
Varma has more than two decades of leadership experience in cybersecurity and technology, including with organisations such as CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Cisco. In his last assignment as managing director at CrowdStrike he was responsible for building, scaling and creating a strong market presence across India and SAARC.
“I am excited to join Saviynt at a time when the company has tremendous potential to gain mindshare, build its reputation, capture market share in South Asia, and most importantly deliver the desired outcomes to customers. India is the second most targeted nation in the world in terms of cyberattacks, a vast majority of which are identity related,” said Varma. “I look forward to building an impactful team and developing ecosystem partnerships and alliances to educate businesses in the region about the firm.”
