Sudhakar Rao promoted as National Channels Director, Hitachi Data Systems
“Early to Bed, Early to Rise,” is Sudhakar Rao’s secret of success. This principle keeps him fit and fine, and enabled him to conquer goals successively. He always believed that a good ecosystem in the working place is very essential. Rao says, “Good colleagues and eventually a good team contributes towards building a healthy and challenging ecosystem.”

Hitachi Data Systems India (HDS), an application optimized storage solutions provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd (NYSE: HIT) has promoted Rao as National Channels Director. Rao joined HDS in 2001 as Regional Director of the western region of the company in India. His new responsibilities include enhancing the development of new markets through a 100 percent channel-centric approach. Rao has been instrumental in Hitachi Data Systems’ success in India. He has more than nine years of experience in the storage industry.

Prior to joining Hitachi Data Systems, Rao held positions at IBM and EMC. He persued Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Swami Vivekananda Education Society, Mumbai and did a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing from Somaiya Management College, Mumbai.


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