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FireEye Opens Research and Development Center in Bangalore
Appoints McAfee Veteran Sridhar Jayanthi as Vice
President of Research and Development and Managing Director, India
Operations
Ramsunder Papineni Named Regional Sales Director,
India and SAARC
BANGALORE,
India - March 14, 2013
FireEye®,
Inc., the leader in stopping today's new
breed of cyber attacks, today announced plans for a new research and
development center in Bangalore. The R&D center is scheduled to
officially open on March 14, 2013. Sridhar Jayanthi will head the new
R&D center as vice president, research and development and also
as managing director, India operations. FireEye also announced the
appointment of Ramsunder Papineni as the Regional Sales Director for
India and the nations participating in the South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
The Bangalore facility will serve as a hub for the
development and testing of new FireEye products. During its
initial phase, the Bangalore based R&D center will employ
approximately 50 research and development specialists by the end of
the year. Sridhar will contribute to the FireEye product direction
and will build the company's Indian operations. Prior to FireEye,
Sridhar was senior vice president of engineering and managing
director, India of McAfee. At McAfee, Sridhar established the firm's
largest research and development team.
"The Bangalore office is
an important milestone for FireEye's global expansion. We expect the
new Bangalore office to play a key role in maintaining cutting-edge
technology and innovation in the FireEye line of security products,
“said Ashar Aziz, Founder and CTO
at FireEye."We welcome
Sridhar to the FireEye executive team. His extensive experience in
building sophisticated product development teams in the U.S. and
India is an important addition."
"I'm very happy to join
the FireEye team," said Sridhar
Jayanthi. "It's
a privilege to have the opportunity to assemble a strong R&D team
to develop market-leading products and expand the FireEye portfolio."
Ramsunder Papineni, who has been appointed as Regional
Sales Director, Indian and SAARC, has rich technology selling expertise
with over 21 years of experience in running large field operations
and sales organizations across industry verticals. Prior to joining
FireEye Ramsunder was the Deputy Managing Director for McAfee India
and was responsible for driving the security solutions across large
enterprises across India and SAARC.
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