Internet security solutions firm McAfee has appointed Anand Prahlad, currently Vice-President of Engineering for Endpoint Security, as the Managing Director of Operations of its Indian arm.
This will come into effect from October 1, 2012. “He will evolve the organisation’s approach to product operations on a global level,” McAfee has said in a statement here on Wednesday.
He will continue his role as V-P in the Endpoint Security group.
Sridhar Jayanthi, who led McAfee India for the past ten years, will take a six-month leave.
When he comes back, he will be based in the United States in a new role where he will be responsible for research and development’s global strategy and execution on mergers and acquisitions.
Jayanthi will continue to report directly to Bryan Barney, Executive Vice-President of Product Operations.
Prahlad joined McAfee two-plus years ago from CommVault, where he worked for 16 years in product development and was a key member of the executive team that led CommVault through a successful IPO in 2006.
In his new role, Prahlad will be supported by the leaders of the McAfee India Executive Team in driving the maturity and success of the site.
McAfee India employs 1,450 people across many different job functions. With 29 products and/or projects fully engineered in MIC across 90 teams, McAfee India is the largest R&D group, and the largest site across all of McAfee.
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