Polycom APAC channel sales director, Shirish Joshi.
Polycom, has appointed former Citrix director, Shirish Joshi, to lead its APAC channel.
As APAC channel sales director, Joshi will be responsible for executing channel programs across the region, driving business for Polycom partners, and strengthening go-to-market and distribution strategy.
He joins Polycom from Citrix Systems where he was the Channels and Alliances Director for the ASEAN region.
In this role, he held responsibility for building and managing the partner ecosystem for several business areas such as enterprise mobility, cloud services, and desktop & application virtualisation.
Joshi has previously held various leadership roles for Cisco Systems from 1996-2011, where he managed regional channel sales teams that met annual targets in excess of $700 million across the region.
Polycom Asia Pacific president, Geoff Thomas, said building a world-class channel was a key priority for Polycom.
“With his many years of managing partner relationships and significant experience in developing business plans and strategy, I am delighted that Shirish has joined us to to accelerate our channel initatives in APAC," he said.
Joshi said strong partnerships were a pillar of every channel-led business.
"We will bring renewed focus to enabling our partners to develop new opportunities through competitive differentiation,” he said.
“I am thrilled to join Polycom at a time when our technology innovation is enabling the workplace of the future."
Originally from India and resident in Singapore since 2005, Joshi holds an MBA in Management Studies from the University of Mumbai and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Walchand College of Engineering.
