Akamai appoints Sidharth Malik as India MD

BANGALORE, INDIA: Akamai Technologies announced the appointment of Sidharth Malik as new vice president and managing director for Akamai India.

An industry veteran with over 18 years of experience, Sidharth will be responsible for managing and expanding Akamai's India operations. He will be based out of Bangalore and report to Sanjay Singh, senior vice president & general manager, Akama Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ).

"We are fortunate to have an industry veteran like Sidharth Malik join our team, as we focus on the next stage of expansion of our business in India," said Sanjay Singh. "His experience and deep understanding of the changing local market will help us develop unique solutions, enter new verticals and provide great customer experiences to accelerate our growth in the country."

Sidharth has served as senior director of Developer Platform Business at Microsoft India in the past. He has also served as managing director, South Asia for Telelogic AB. Sidharth has also worked in various senior roles, such as country manager at IBM Rational India, area vice president at Salesforce.com and sales manager at Tata Elxsi India.

"I am really excited to be part of Akamai at a time when the industry is going through a transition with steady growth. I see great opportunity to drive our business to the next level and offer market leading end-to-end solutions for both our domestic and global customers" said Sidharth Malik.

Sidharth holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering, and a Master's degree in Business Management (MBA).