SolarWinds India appoints Abhijit Banerjee as managing director

Secure IT management software provider SolarWinds has appointed Abhijit Banerjee as the new managing director of its India operations, including the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region which consists of countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. 

In this role, Banerjee will lead the enterprise and channel business growth for the company in India. Texas-headquartered SolarWinds has established an office in Bengaluru which has continued to hire new talents since the pandemic recovery, the company said in a statement.

“I’m excited to be given this opportunity to head the SolarWinds operation in India and SAARC,” said Banerjee. “As one of the largest economies in APJ, India is growing at a phenomenal rate, with vast untapped opportunities. I look forward to leverage on this growing trend and help more customers in accelerating their digital transformation journey with our SolarWinds solutions.”

He has over 23 years of experience in sales management and worked in different technology landscapes including hardware, software, software as a service (SaaS), services, and consulting. He has held key positions in companies like Cisco, Oracle, Palo Alto, Dell EMC, and Wipro. In his last role, Banerjee was the senior client director (strategic accounts) at market research firm Gartner.

To be sure, SolarWinds and its chief information security officer Timothy Brown are facing a lawsuit by the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), filed in October. SEC’s lawsuit pertains to the company’s inability to disclose cyber threats and vulnerabilities to the public and investors. This is regarding the massive 2020 SolarWinds supply chain attack. Bad actors had gained access to a number of public and private organisations around the world through malware that exploited the SolarWinds Orion software, which was used by thousands of companies and even the US government. Google-owned cybersecurity firm Madiant’s research found that 86% of the supply chain intrusions in 2021 were related to the SolarWinds attack.