Dell Technologies appoints new country manager for Malaysia

• Brings over 25 years of experience in IT to the role.
• Responsible for the overall leadership and execution of the sales strategy

Dell Technologies announces the appointment of Saravanan Krishnan (pic) as country manager for its Malaysia operations. Saravanan succeeds Mak Chin Wah, who has transitioned to a new role as country manager for Asia Emerging Markets at Dell Technologies.

Saravanan brings to this role more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. In his new capacity, he will be responsible for the overall leadership and execution of sales strategy to grow Dell’s business in Malaysia.

“I am very excited about Saravanan’s appointment as the new leader for our team in Malaysia,” said Grainger Wallis, senior vice president and managing director, South Asia and Emerging Markets, Dell Technologies. “His extensive experience and knowledge in the IT industry across the region will help support our customers’ and partners’ technology ambitions and reinforce our growth strategy in this market.”

“It is a privilege to lead our team in Malaysia. I am excited to work with our talented team to help our customers and partners in the country leverage AI and further their digital transformation journeys. Together, we will continue to provide the strong portfolio of solutions and services our customers have come to expect from us,” Saravanan said.

Saravanan joined Dell in 2015 and has held various senior leadership positions. He was most recently general manager of the Unstructured Data Solutions business across Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China, and prior to that, he was general manager of the Data Protection Solutions business for South Asia and Emerging Markets. Before joining Dell, Saravanan held leadership roles in several IT companies, including Hitachi Vantara, HPE, Sun StorageTek, and IBM.

Saravanan is an active member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the former chairman of the Storage Networking Industry Association for South Asia from 2013 to 2015. He holds an Executive MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Information Systems from the National University of Singapore.