BlackBerry has appointed Narendra Nayak as Managing Director for Indian operations. He will replace Sunil Lalvani, who had put his papers in June.
Nayak will be responsible for driving BlackBerry’s software and services business through all channels in India – direct enterprise customers, network operators, distribution partners. He has over 30 years’ experience in IT & telecom business management. Prior to joining BlackBerry, he worked at the venture-funded software company Linguanext Technologies, where he was responsible for growing the business in India and across South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
“Narendra joins us at a pivotal time, as we continue to transform our business from one fuelled by the sale of smartphones, into the leading enterprise software provider focused on cross-platform mobile security and productivity,”
BlackBerry President Global Sales Carl Wiese said.
Nayak will also be responsible for BlackBerry’s growing ecosystem of indirect channels in India that includes Value-Added Reseller (VAR), systems integrator and reseller partners. His appointment comes three months after, BlackBerry’s India head Sunil Lalvani joined Qualcomm as the vice president and president of it’s India operations.
“I look forward to building our business here in India by ensuring we are helping enterprise and government organisations select and implement an end-to-end mobile security strategy – whatever the device or devices they are using,”
Narendra Nayak said.
BlackBerry is gunning back into the smartphone market with BlackBerry Priv Android Slider which is now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559.