Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) veteran Sanjay Agrawal has joined Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) as director of Platforms and Solutions Group.
Sanjay Agrawal, who worked with HPE for 19 years, will be responsible for the technical direction at HDS and will lead a team of solutions-focused business consultants and technical experts in India to help customers realize business transformation.
With over 28 years of industry experience, Sanjay Agrawal will further strengthen the India Presales team into a niche HDS specialist community to enhance collaboration and share expertise across different regions in India.
HDS is keen to utilize Sanjay Agrawal’s experience across vertical industries, connected with his knowledge in third and fourth platform technologies that are critical to Hitachi Data Systems business in 2017 and beyond.
“Digital transformation and IoT are intertwined and his experience will help accelerate our customers’ transformations to leverage data and drive business outcomes,” said Vivekanand Venugopal, vice president and general manager for India, Hitachi Data Systems.
At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, his last project involved transforming the presales team for next-generation consultative selling, particularly on emerging trends and technologies.