DQW EXCLUSIVE: Suresh Balasubramanian joins Intel as country manager

Intel India has recently filled the vacant position of Askok Nair, with the appointment of Suresh Balasubramanian as the country manager, distribution, and local OEM. Balasubramanian, a national sales director at Cisco consumer products has joined Intel in September, 2011. Nair, who has now joined Lenovo, was the channel business manager, South Asia at Intel. He left Intel along with 6 other senior executives in the month of May, 2011.

While confirming his appointment, Sandeep Aurora, director, marketing, Intel South Asia said, "Suresh Balasubramanian has been appointed as the country manager, distribution and local OEM at Intel, and he will be based out of Delhi. He will be responsible for channel development and distribution business at Intel."

Balasubramanian is having over 16 years of experience in developing and maintaining channel management and sales, direct sales, distribution and operations at all levels. Prior to Intel, he spent almost 3 years in Cisco Systems in the capacity of national sales director. Before Cisco, he was with Microsoft, as a license compliance manager for a year.