Veteran Executive Joins NetSuite to Drive Company’s Strong Momentum in the Region
SAN MATEO, Calif.—March 30, 2016—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced that it has appointed Zakir Ahmed as Vice President and General Manager, Asia. In this role, Ahmed is charged with building and leading the Organisation across NetSuite’s offices in Singapore, the Philippines and Hong Kong. He will be based out of NetSuite’s Singapore office.
Ahmed has more than 20 years of experience in management, customer acquisition and retention as well as sales leadership across the globe, complemented by a strong understanding of the Asian market. Prior to NetSuite, Ahmed was with TechnologyOne Corp, where he served as General Manager for a $50 million business unit. Before that he was with Salesforce.com, Microcell, CGI and Steltor (now Oracle).
Ahmed’s proven track record with midmarket businesses in the region will be instrumental in helping NetSuite to further add to its growing list of customers, including Scoot Airlines, operating out of Singapore across Asia and Motech, an automotive service chain based in the Philippines.
“I’m excited to join NetSuite and help continue the strong growth and foster wider adoption of the cloud in Asia,” Ahmed said. “Companies in the region are now beginning to reap the rewards of cloud-based software and, as the No. 1 cloud ERP system, NetSuite has a huge lead in providing a unified suite on which to run businesses of any size and with multiple subsidiaries spanning the globe.”
“Asia is a key strategic region for NetSuite in 2016 and Zakir is well suited to the role to help us extend our momentum,” said Lee Thompson SVP and GM, NetSuite Asia Pacific and Japan. “Zakir has developed a solid understanding of the diverse needs and cultures in this market. He recognises the significant role that both cloud solutions and NetSuite partners play in meeting customer challenges and will continue to drive customer satisfaction to aid our growth strategy. Zakir is well suited to lead high performing teams to bring complete solutions to our customers across Asia.”
Today, more than 30,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission-critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise-ready cloud business management suites of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and ecommerce applications for businesses of all sizes. Many FORTUNE 100 companies rely on NetSuite to accelerate innovation and business transformation. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud business management suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud accelerates.
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