Sunil Sharma is the new MD at Sophos India

Sunil Sharma has been appointed as managing director at Sophos India. As Managing Director – Sales, Sunil will continue to lead Sophos’ India & SAARC business and continue to drive Sophos’ “channel best” strategy and work closely with the security company’s partners to drive business.

Another big change at Sophos India is the exit of Hemal Patel, Founder & CEO of Cyberoam. Sophos had acquired India-bred network security vendor Cyberoam in early 2014.

“With integration of Cyberoam and Sophos now largely completed, Hemal Patel, the former CEO of Cyberoam and current SVP of India Operations at Sophos, has decided to move on from Sophos to re-engage in his passions as an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor of tech start-ups in India. Hemal’s positive influence will be missed at Sophos and we wish him well in his next adventure,” added Sophos’ official statement.

“Sunil Sharma has been promoted to the position of Managing Director – Sales for India and SAARC at Sophos. His responsibilities will entail driving the Sophos business across end-user and network security product segments in the region and strengthening Sophos’ market leadership,” confirmed the official statement from Sophos.

“I look forward to Sunil’s leadership in the region as we drive towards our goals of delivering the most innovative, simple and highly effective cybersecurity products to our customers,” said Joergen Jakobsen, SVP & MD, APJ Sales, Sophos.

Sunil Sharma joined Sophos in 2011 and was promoted as Vice-President for India and SAARC region in November 2015. In his earlier roles, he was the channel chief (including heritage Cyberoam) for the security company.

Speaking on his new role, Sunil Sharma, said, “I am truly humbled to step into this role and lead Sophos’ business in India and SAARC. I am excited and look forward to working with our channel partners in driving best-in-class, end-to-end security solutions for our customers. As Sophos accelerates forward, I will focus on driving innovation and dynamism that strives to set the standard for technological excellence in the industry.”

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