Former Walmart tech executive Rohit Ramanand joins New Relic

Web analytics and observability platform New Relic on Tuesday announced the appointment of former Walmart technology executive Rohit Ramanand to the role of group vice president engineering for India. Ramanand is responsible for leading New Relic India’s product and engineering teams and will play a pivotal role in helping develop the company’s broader engineering strategy while building out the local team.

Ramanand brings almost 25 years of industry experience to the new role, most recently holding the position of Vice President Engineering at Walmart Global Technology. Prior to his role at Walmart, Ramanand held technology positions at Limelight Networks, Sapient and Infosys.

“Rohit has joined New Relic at a very exciting time as we continue to expand across India–inline with the huge business opportunity we have here–and bring exciting new products to market,” said New Relic Chief Technology Officer Siva Padisetty. 
“His extensive technology experience in India and abroad will have an invaluable impact both on the product roadmap and our product and engineering teams based out of India.”

According to the New Relic 2023 Observability Forecast report, Indian organisations reported high observability advocacy across all roles, especially within the technical C-suite with over three quarters (77%) advocating for observability. The report also found that Indian organisations had fairly extensive observability adoption and received considerable value from their investments.

“Coming from the retail and ecommerce technology space, I understand how critical it is for businesses to have observability. I’m fascinated by deep tech and working on complex problems, which is why New Relic is a perfect fit for me,” said Ramanand.

The company said in a statement that Ramanand’s appointment marks the continuation of significant investments from New Relic in India, following the opening of new offices last year in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Ramanand’s appointment follows the appointment of former Oracle executive Prasad Rai as its Vice President Sales for India earlier this month. Rai is heading New Relic India’s sales teams to help the company grow its footprint across key verticals including e-commerce, media and financial services.