Security industry veteran Vishak Raman to head Fortinet’s business in Sri Lanka, SAARC, and Southeast Asia

Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced the appointment of Vishak Raman in a new role as the Vice President for Sales in India, SAARC, and Southeast Asia

Vishak Raman brings with him over two decades of experience in the cybersecurity space with proven expertise in product management, sales, marketing, and business development. Earlier as the Senior Regional Director, India, and SAARC at Fortinet, he was instrumental in establishing and growing Fortinet’s technology leadership and success story in India. He also set up a first-of-its-kind Technical Assistance Centre at Bangalore which has over 200 engineers who provide 24/7 support to Fortinet’s customers in India and the Middle East. 

Prior to Fortinet, he was Director of Security Business, India, and SAARC at Cisco. Vishak who holds an engineering degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IIM Ahmedabad, has also worked in various roles at FireEye, Tata Communications, WatchGuard, Sify and HCl Technologies. 

Commenting on this new role Vishak said: “I look forward to working with the sales team, channel partners and distributors to secure networks from the expanding attack surface, increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and address network security complexity challenges which most organisations face. The Fortinet Security Fabric forms a solid foundation for any enterprise’s digital adoption journey and I am excited to drive our customers’ success in the digital economy.” 

“Fortinet’s cybersecurity mesh architecture’s primary objective is to place security everywhere it’s needed, anywhere in the network, even as users, devices, and applications multiply and become more mobile. Given our leadership in security innovation we have a robust pipeline and strong business momentum and are well positioned to continue the solid growth for several more years in this market,” Vishak added. 

Additionally, Fortinet thanked Rajesh Maurya for his outstanding leadership in growing the India and SAARC business as he moves into a new role within Fortinet, to be announced in the coming weeks.