Jangoo Dalal joins Avaya

Mumbai: Avaya named Jangoo Dalal as its new MD for India. In this new role, Dalal will be driving Avaya's overall business strategy in India and strengthening its position in its core areas of unified communications, including its leadership in the Contact Center space in India. On May 28 DQ Channels was the first to break the news about Dalal's resignation from D-Link.

Based in Mumbai, Dalal will report to company President for Asia Pacific, John DiLullo.

“India is a critical market for Avaya. Jangoo's experience in building high-performance teams, his extensive knowledge of the industry, and his proven ability to drive growth made him the perfect candidate to expand Avaya's presence in the region. I am confident his appointment will be applauded by our customers, partners and employees alike,” said DiLullo.

Prior to joining Avaya, Dalal served as CEO and MD for D-Link India where he led a force of over 1,000 sales, service, manufacturing and engineering employees. Before joining D-Link, Dalal worked for over 10 years at Cisco Systems, ultimately culminating in the position of President, India and South Asia Region. He was the Head of Product Management of Wipro BT before joining Cisco.

In addition to nourishing and ensuring the successful operations of AGCL, in this newly created role Dalal will also be chartered with forging Avaya's entry into existing and emerging India markets and channels.

“I am excited about this new role and look forward to building a strong team which will take Avaya to the next level. With business models and practices going through radical changes that increasingly rely on ubiquitous communication and distributed communication technologies, Avaya is well-poised to partner with Indian businesses as they pursue aggressive global growth strategies,” said Dalal.