Snowflake appoints Vijayant Rai as the brand new Managing Director for India 

Knowledge Cloud firm Snowflake has introduced the appointment of Vijayant Rai as the brand new Managing Director, liable for driving the enterprise development and Go-To-Market technique for Snowflake in India. He might be succeeding Singapore primarily based Vimal Venkatram, who has moved to a regional position for Snowflake. With over 27 years of expertise in senior gross sales positions throughout corporations, driving new enterprise and income development, increasing enterprise in India, and attracting and retaining expertise, Rai comes with a experience in driving enterprise transformation for patrons, the corporate mentioned. Additionally learn: TikTok restricts software utilized by researchers – and its critics – to evaluate content material on its platform Rai will spearhead Snowflake’s enterprise growth throughout India, overseeing technique, gross sales and execution, fostering strategic partnership engagements throughout the nation, and driving the adoption of Snowflake’s Knowledge Cloud throughout numerous industries, akin to retail and CPG, manufacturing, public sector, startups, healthcare, prescription drugs, and BFSI. “India is a dynamic development market that’s quickly transitioning to a data-driven economic system. As Managing Director, my main focus might be to assist our prospects totally mobilise their knowledge into profitable enterprise outcomes. I’m excited to hitch Snowflake at this pivotal level.” Rai mentioned. Snowflake has not too long ago introduced a slew of latest options, together with Snowflake Cortex at present in non-public preview, that facilitates companies with swift improvement of AI functions, additional bolstering their dedication to driving innovation within the Indian market, he added. Additionally learn: Meta to cover posts about suicide, consuming problems from teenagers’ Instagram and Fb feeds Earlier than becoming a member of Snowflake, Rai served because the Government Director at Microsoft India, and was the Nation Chief for the BFSI business phase within the firm. Previous to this, he additionally held management roles in Salesforce, SAP, and CA Applied sciences. Sanjay Deshmukh, Senior Vice President of ASEAN and India mentioned, “We consider that our enterprise in India is at an inflection level of wider adoption throughout all industries, and with Vijayant’s profitable observe file in constructing and scaling companies, we’re assured that he’ll spearhead our growth within the native market and drive sturdy development throughout all of our portfolios.”