{"id":30660,"date":"2018-01-10T13:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T05:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=30660"},"modified":"2018-01-10T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T05:19:15","slug":"kaspersky-lab-asia-pacific-appoints-naina-parhar-as-head-of-channel-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/01\/10\/kaspersky-lab-asia-pacific-appoints-naina-parhar-as-head-of-channel-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific appoints Naina Parhar as head of channel sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific announced the appointment of Naina Parhar to the position of head of channel sales to drive growth and spearhead the channel transformation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Naina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Naina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Naina.jpg 622w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Naina-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Naina-64x50.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of\u00a0Parhar\u2019s immediate areas of focus will be enhancing the cybersecurity company\u2019s distribution framework and taking over Kaspersky Lab\u2019s new telesales business, which is expected to be fundamental to the company\u2019s SMB growth strategy in 2018.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this role, Parhar will work with local teams across APAC to ensure resources in the channel ecosystem are optimized. She will be responsible for intensifying the partners\u2019 competitive advantage as well as rolling out Kaspersky Lab\u2019s new global partner program for APAC.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA great part of Kaspersky Lab\u2019s market success is attributable to its strong channel and delivering more value to our partners is one of the company\u2019s highest priorities. With Naina\u2019s impressive track record in building alliances and insight of the APAC channel dynamics, having her onboard supports our steadfast commitment to step up our channel program in the region,\u201d says Stephan Neumeier, managing director at Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Parhar has more than 17 years of experience in enterprise sales &amp; partner management working with global industry leaders like Microsoft and Autodesk, across diverse business functions, industries and cultures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At Microsoft, Parhar managed strategic solution partners for Singapore, focused on driving sales and growing partner profitability. She achieved operational excellence in pipeline, forecast and joint selling in addition to landing the new channel program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaspersky Lab Asia Pacific announced the appointment of Naina Parhar to the position of head of channel sales to drive growth and spearhead the channel transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[117,5698],"class_list":["post-30660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-kaspersky-lab","tag-naina-parhar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}