Avishek Purkayastha

Avishek Purkayastha is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in account management and sales within the technology sector. Currently serving as Global Account Director at SAP since October 2015, Avishek is responsible for driving strategic engagement with the SAP NLAC account, focusing on innovation adoption and customer satisfaction. Previous roles include Snr Sales Director HXM, where Avishek managed key accounts in India's HXM sector, and Sales Director at Ariba, where the focus was on growing cloud revenue. Prior to SAP, Avishek held positions at IBM as Sales Leader for Emptoris Procurement Solutions, and at SAP Ariba as Associate Director. Early career experience includes a Senior Manager Sales role at Datamatics Global Services Limited and Major Accounts Manager for Telematics at Ashok Leyland Limited. Avishek holds an MBA in Marketing from Welingkar Institute of Management and a GNIIT in Computer Science from the National Institute of Information Technology.