Niral Patel appointed Hitachi Data Systems General Manager

Mar 06, 2017

In his new role, Patel will be responsible for driving business growth across the sub-Saharan region including Uganda, working closely with global teams to accelerate growth.

Niral Patel has been appointed Hitachi Data Systems General Manager sub Saharan Africa. His appointment became effective on 1st March 2017. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.

In his new role, Patel will be responsible for driving business growth across the sub-Saharan region including Uganda, working closely with global teams to accelerate growth. He will shape market opportunities through the development of alliances and partnerships and will drive the consolidation of Hitachi Data Systems' position in the market place.

Hitherto his appointment, Patel worked as the Public Sector Director for Microsoft South Africa, where one of his key focus areas was supporting government to deliver on its National Development Plan.

Tom Pegrume, Regional VP, Emerging EMEA says: "We are pleased to welcome Niral Patel to our organisation and look forward to his valuable contribution to our team. We will rely on his leadership to further strengthen our engagement in the public sector and across our key verticals.

His appointment comes at a time when businesses need a different model if they want to maintain relevance and increase profitability. He will help navigate the needs of our customers in this era of digital transformation."

"I am excited about my new role at Hitachi Data Systems. I believe that successful digital transformation projects involve the effective deployment of big data and analytics to uncover new insights. Data is everything in digitisation. How companies use their data will be critical to their survival," says Patel.

Patel has over 17 years of experience selling technology solutions across a variety of businesses in South and Central Africa as well as the Middle East.

Prior to his time with Microsoft, Patel headed up the Power Systems business unit at IBM. There he played a vital role in growing the business' revenues across the various industries within which it operates.

Patel holds an MBA from the University of Warwick and is the recipient of several awards, including the Microsoft Circle of Excellence Award and IBM's EMEA Vice President's Leadership Award.

 

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