Former Cisco executive to lead India ops of data analytics platform Qlik

Ankur Goel has been appointed as the managing director for India by the data analytics platform Qlik Technologies, the company announced today.

Goel, who will report to Geoff Thomas, Qlik’s regional senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region, will be responsible for boosting Qlik’s local operations, which includes deriving actionable insights through data from its clients like Bajaj Auto, BookMyShow, Cognizant, HCL Technologies, Mahindra and Mahindra, Cisco and Samsung. 

Goel was the managing director at Poly where he was in charge of the India and SAARC business of the telecommunications company. Goel has also worked as the regional manager and business development manager at Cisco Systems and manager - channel sales at Ericsson. He has also held leadership positions at Tata and Siemens. Goel is an alumnus of Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

“We are delighted that Ankur will be leading the next phase of our growth in India,” Thomas said. “Increasing data literacy, and leveraging data analytics and user-driven business intelligence to unleash new insights, represent huge opportunities for the country. Ankur’s rich, cross-industry experience of leading teams and his business management skills will be the key to unlocking the next level of transformational growth for the company in India.”

Commenting on his appointment, Goel said, “I am delighted to be a part of this high-growth industry and am confident that together, we will drive the company’s mission of empowering people and organisations with the power of data with renewed force. I look forward to contributing to the company’s growth in India, as well as its long-term vision of creating a data-literate world.” 

Founded in 1993, Pennsylvania-based Qlik Technologies Inc operates a platform that offers real-time end-to-end data integration and analytics solutions, which helps its clientele leverage data to gain insight into customer behaviour, business processes and other tasks.