NETGEAR, a global networking company delivering innovative products to businesses, consumers and service providers, has announced the appointment of Subhodeep Bhattacharya as the new Regional Director, India & SAARC. His last stint was with HP Networking.
NETGEAR has been focused on its Smart IT vision which envisages a reliable, affordable and simple range of products covering the entire infrastructure needs of mid-sized businesses, encompassing switching, storage, wireless and security solutions and it foresees huge growth in this field. NETGEAR already has a strong and popular Home and prosumer product business in wireless routing - including first in market 802.11AC routers, ReadyNAS storage, and range extenders. It has also made foray into Service providers with 3G products and WiFi equipment.
Announcing his appointment Mr. Richard Jonker, Vice President, Emerging Markets, NETGEAR said, “India and SAARC represents a growth area for NETGEAR and we are committed to provide smart, easy to deploy and manage products and solutions with best in class TCO to the businesses extending our broadband in every home and office vision. Subhodeep Bhattacharya comes with strong industry experience and we believe that he will be able to lead and establish NETGEAR as a preferred infrastructure brand for mid-market businesses.”
On joining NETGEAR, Subhodeep Bhattacharya said, “It is a privilege to be part of NETGEAR. As a company it addresses the core infrastructure concerns of businesses with a wide range of products and solutions delivered completely through a focused base of competent channel partners.” He further added, “I recently visited the company’s offices in different countries to understand their products and realized that they were into developing futuristic products. That’s why we are into channel interaction, customer interaction etc., and such an ecosystem will further create NETGEAR brand. As long as I can develop the brand and establish it, my job is done.”
