US-based SailPoint names Abhishek Gupta as India MD

SailPoint Technologies, a U.S-based enterprise identity security, on Wednesday, announced the appointment of Abhishek Gupta as its first managing director in India. 
The company said, it is focusing on the Indian enterprises to address the growing demand for identity security and hence building a dedicated leadership team in the country.
Gupta brings over 20 years of experience to the role. He was most recently regional vice president-enterprise at Zscaler India & SAARC where he focused on strategic leadership and drove customer acquisition. 
Prior to that, he held various leadership roles at Gartner, heading the sales function for CIO and CEO Advisory across industries in North and East India. 
SailPoint has had a presence in India since 2011 when it established its office in Pune, and has over 200 employees in roles such as engineering, technical support, DevOps, HR, and partner sales, with employees located across the country.
The company has a significant customer base in India across various industries such as technology, finance and e-commerce, and a strong partner network consisting of Eshaim, EnH iSecure, and Aujas Cybersecurity with Netpoleon as its value-added distributor. Globally, SailPoint’s partner network includes Accenture, Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG and PwC.
“Identity security is business essential for today’s cloud-oriented enterprises, and SailPoint’s intelligent and autonomous identity platform delivers the right access to the right identities and resources at the right time,” said Chern-Yue Boey, Senior Vice President for Asia-Pacific, SailPoint. 
“India is a high-growth market for SailPoint, and Abhishek will bring his rich experience in business-to-business sales and development to drive business growth and execute strong go-to-market strategies for SailPoint customers, he said.
“As a leader in delivering innovative solutions to secure and manage enterprise identities, SailPoint is equipped to provide organizations complete visibility and access control to ensure secure access to critical data and applications. I am excited to work closely with enterprises in India to deliver value and support their enterprise security goals, placing identity security at the core of safeguarding their business,” said Gupta. 
Gupta will also be responsible to expand the team and hire across key functions to drive growth, customer success, and for SailPoint to be the identity platform of choice for enterprises in India to defend against identity related threats”.
SailPoint earlier r achieved annual recurring revenue (ARR) approaching $600 million and more than a 50% YoY increase in SaaS revenue in the first half of 2023.