Envisioning strategic growth in the country, PTC appoints Jaishankar Menon to head channel business and Sundaram Mallik to spearhead marketing initiatives in India
Bangalore, February 12, 2015 – PTC (Nasdaq: PTC), announced Jaishankar Menonappointed in a new role, as the Channel Business Director and Mr. Sundaram Mallik appointed as the Regional Marketing Manager. In this new role, Mr. Jaishankar will oversee PTC’s channel business in India and will be responsible for strategic development and growth of the partner eco-system. With his appointment PTC is looking to expand PTC India’s customer reach across the country.
A seasoned leader, Mr. Jaishankar Menon, has been a part of PTC for the past 2 years spearheading the direct and mid-market business in India. Now in his new role he will be heading channel business for the company. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry ,prior to which he has worked with several companies like Dassault Systemes, Auto desk, Bentley Systems, Astra Business Solutions and Onward Technologies. A graduate from Bangalore University he has led channel expansion initiatives in Autodesk and played an instrumental role in developing channel capability.
Commenting on this new appointment Subash Nambiar, Country Manager Indiasaid“, we are excited about Mr. Jaishankar Menon’s new role as a channel business head , his leadership will be key in augmenting our India partner eco-system and increasing our business prospects here in the coming years. As a veteran in the IT industry, Mr. Menon comes with vast experience of the Indian market and is a perfect fit to expand our operations here. We are looking forward to his leadership at PTC India.
Maintaining the Company’s aggressive focus on the Indian market, PTC India also announced the appointment of Mr Sundaram Malik to spearhead the marketing initiatives for India.
Sundaram joins with over 12 years of marketing experience in engineering technology space. Prior to joining PTC, Sundaram was heading field marketing for the Asia Pacific region with a healthcare technology company where he enabled pipeline growth and new business development in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. He has headed marketing communication in Siemens PLM Software’s India business. He has also worked with Ford Motor Company, UK where he was engaged on strategy development project for China, India and Brazil. He brings rich marketing expertise in engineering technology industry which will be critical to drive growth in Smart Connected Products business at PTC. He is an undergraduate from St. Stephens’ College, Delhi and MBA from Warwick Business School, UK.
Commenting on his appointment Dr. Thomas Roser, VP International Marketingsaid “India is an important market for building our foot print in Smart Connected Products space, and with Sundaram’ s appointment we look to strengthen our marketing initiatives and drive awareness about Smart Connected Product technology in the India.”
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service advantage. The company’s technology solutions help customers transform the way they create and service products across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to sourcing and service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 27,000 businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. Get more information at www.ptc.com.
