Ambrish Deshpande

Ambrish Deshpande has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning various roles and industries. Ambrish is currently the Co-Founder and COO at Stack Identity since February 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Netskope from January 2020 to February 2022, where they held the position of Snr. Director Global Strategic Alliances & Leader Asia Channels.

From 2017 to 2019, Ambrish worked at Symantec as Snr. Director - Global Strategic Alliances. Ambrish also had previous experience at Blue Coat Systems, which was acquired by Symantec, where they served as Director Channels APAC from April 2016 to March 2017, and as Managing Director - India from November 2011 to March 2016.

Before their time at Symantec, Ambrish worked at McAfee from November 2009 to November 2011 as Director - Alliance, Channels & Midmarket South Asia. Prior to that, they held the role of Regional Sales Director at Cisco from April 2006 to August 2009, specifically for the IronPort business unit.

Ambrish's earlier experience includes working at Symantec from January 1999 to March 2006 as the Mid Market and Channel Sales Director for India and Saarc. Ambrish also served as a Product Manager at Samsonite from January 1997 to January 1999, where they were part of the team that launched Samsonite in India. Prior to that, they worked as a Product Manager at Onida (MIRC Electronics) from June 1994 to December 1996, managing sales for Onida-JVC brands of CTV and AV products.

Throughout their career, Ambrish has gained valuable experience in strategic alliances, channel management, sales, and marketing in the technology and consumer products industries.

Ambrish Deshpande pursued a PGDBA in Marketing from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) from 1992 to 1994. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Mumbai between 1989 and 1992. Ambrish's education journey began at Gokhale Highschool in Borivli, where they completed their high school education from 1977 to 1987.