Praveen Sawkar

Praveen Sawkar has an extensive work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Praveen currently holds the position of Vice President- Global System Integrator Partnerships at HappySignals Ltd since January 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Hitachi Vantara as the Director, Strategic Global System Integrator Partnerships for the duration of 2010 to January 2023. In this role, they were responsible for driving global business through strategic GSI partnerships in various fields such as Infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud offerings, Data Analytics, IoT, and Smart Spaces. Praveen also worked closely with partners to scale markets, build joint solutions, and execute new routes to market.

Before joining Hitachi Vantara, Praveen worked at Sun Microsystems, starting in 2005. Praveen held multiple roles at Sun Microsystems, such as General Manager-Partner Sales- Software and Services from July 2009 to July 2010, General Manager-Strategic Alliances from August 2006 to June 2009, and Regional Manager-Asia South- Operating Systems Group from December 2005 to August 2006.

Prior to Sun Microsystems, they worked at Red Hat as the Regional Head-South India from August 2004 to December 2005. Preceding Red Hat, Praveen held various positions at Wipro Infotech Ltd, including Area Business Head, Product Manager, and Area Manager from January 1998 to August 2004.

Praveen started their career as a Channel Executive at Godrej Pacific Technologies Ltd. in May 1997 before moving on to Dunlop India Limited as a Manager from an unspecified date in 1993 to 1995.

Overall, Praveen Sawkar has a wealth of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, sales, and management across different sectors.

Praveen Sawkar completed their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) degree in Industrial and Production from Gogte Institute of Technology between 1989 and 1993. Praveen then pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Technology And Management Jobs from 1995 to 1997.