Dell(NASDAQ:DELL) has announced the appointment of Anand Sankaran as President and Global Head of Dell Services’ Infrastructure and Cloud Computing line of business. He will report to Suresh Vaswani, President of Dell Services.
Sankaran will lead a global team of nearly 10,000 employees responsible for driving infrastructure consulting and delivery, managed services and services related to the company’s Cloud offerings.
Suresh Vaswani commented, Anand’s impressive strategic expertise and operational excellence in infrastructure services are a great fit for Dell as we continue to drive our global services business in support of these CXO challenges. Anand will help us execute our strategy and rapidly build upon the strength of our Infrastructure and Cloud Computing capabilities. These capabilities will help us continue differentiating Dell and are some of our most strategic investment areas.
Sankaran stated, I’m thrilled to join the Dell team. Dell has leading technology, a strong global brand and customer relationships that make the growth opportunity exceptional. I look forward to working with Dell’s talented team and helping drive its strategy.
Sankaran, who will be based in Bangalore succeeded Kevin Jones, who moved into the recently created Chief Customer and Sales Officer role within Dell Services.
He was formerly Senior Vice President of Wipro’s Global Infrastructure Services business as well as Head of Wipro Infotech, their India and Middle East business. Sankaran previously held a variety of Wipro management positions after joining the company in 1989.
