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At the helm of NTT business in India, Sharad Sanghi oversees three key business entities viz. NTT India Ltd., NTT Com India and NTT Netmagic.

Sharad is responsible for growing the NTT business in India, with over 6500 employees, 10 high-density and hyperscale data centers delivering both transformational services elements including managed hybrid infrastructure, and cloud services, as well as its foundational technology solutions and services to over 5000 enterprise customers.

Sharad is also the CEO, Global Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructure (India), NTT Ltd. Sharad Sanghi exemplifies what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, to generate returns for all stakeholders, and be deeply connected in everything one does. His passion and commitment to deliver value to clients is evident in the way he founded a customer-focused service organization called Netmagic in July 1998,which waslater acquired by NTT, a Fortune 500 company.

Sharad is considered a pioneer in the Indian cloud computing space, and his vision has helped NTT-Netmagic become a leader in the Public Cloud services market in India. His strong leadership, coupled with his understanding of the India market and the NTT businesses, will be invaluable for the growth of these three key business entities.

Sharad is an industry veteran with over 20 years of extensive experience in developing Internet backbone infrastructure and providing Internet services. He is also the Co-chairman of the Data Center Council of apex associations’ namely the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM).

During a six-year stint in the US, Sharad worked for Unified Network Management Architecture Group at AT&T Bell Labs, the Backbone Engineering Group of NSFNET (ANS) and the Router Systems Development Group of Advantis (IBM Global Network). He has also helped Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust design and deploy Wide Area Networks.

Sharad is an Electrical Engineer from IIT Bombay and holder of a Master’s degree from Columbia University, New York. He is also the recipient of IIT Bombay’s Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021, a prestigious recognition conferred upon alumni for their outstanding achievements in the spheres of academia, industry, public service and social welfare.

Varghese Thomas is a Professional Director at Netmagic. He is a Partner at J. Sagar Associates, Advocates & Solicitors, Mumbai. He has been with J. Sagar Associates since 2003 and has been a Partner of the firm since 2007.

During his career as solicitor, Varghese has had extensive experience in diverse areas of law such as Mergers & Cross Border Investments & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Banking, Financial Services and Ports. He has provided advisory services to several Indian and foreign corporates and multinational institutions.

Varghese holds a Degree in Law - B.A. L.L.B (Hons) from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, India. A member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, he regularly advises clients on Indian law issues concerning General Corporate Laws, Exchange Control Regulations and Securities Regulations.

Mr. Ryuichi Matsuo has joined the Board of Directors of Netmagic (An NTT Communications Company). Matsuo has over 27 years of experience with NTT Communications.

Prior to his role as the President Director of PT. NTT Indonesia, he assumed both roles as the Director of Services Manager and the Director of Quality Management at NTT Communications, based in Japan. He headed 5 teams responsible for daily operations of Managed Services and Hosting, Budgeting, Developing New Accounts, Staff Training and Financial Results, as well as being responsible for the company’s Desktop Management Services, which consisted of PCs, Thin Client PCs, File Servers, Help-desk and PC security.

Mr. Kiyoshi Maeda has joined the Board of Directors of Netmagic (An NTT Communications Company). Mr. Maeda joined the RagingWire Board of Directors in 2016 and is also a Member of the Board of Directors for NTT America Corp. He has over 17 years of service at NTT Communications Corp. and currently leads the global acquisition team as Head of Group and Alliance Strategy.

Mr. Maeda first worked at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. as Joint General Manager. After 20 years of service at LTCB, he joined NTT Communications in 1999 as Director of Corporate Planning Department. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Maeda was in charge of one of the top web hosting companies in the USA as President and CEO of Verio, Inc., an NTT Communications Company. Under his successful leadership, the company grew annual revenues, expanded its global presence, and established partnerships with national carriers around the world.

In 2010, he became Vice President of Global Strategy Department in the Global Business Division of NTT Communications. He was soon promoted to his current position as Vice President of Group and Alliance Strategy in the Corporate Planning Department and is responsible for various global acquisitions such as RagingWire Data Centers, Virtela Technology Services, Arkadin International SAS, Gyron Internet Limited, Lux e-shelter, and Netmagic Solutions. He also serves as a Member of the Board for each of these companies.

Mr. Kiyoshi Maeda holds a Master of Management from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Alok Bajpai has joined the Board of Directors of Netmagic (An NTT Communications Company). Alok took charge as Global Chief Financial Officer at Netmagic in February, 2017. Over a career spanning more than 25 years, he has built an impeccable and illustrious record in Corporate Finance and Legal functions. His key areas of interest and expertise include Fund Management, Financial Reporting, Merger & Acquisition and Treasury Management.

Alok is a chartered accountant, a CPA from Colorado and an MBA from Manchester Business school. In his previous assignment, Alok was Global CFO at CSS Corp. After a stint in Canada, he returned to India and joined Infosys as Finance and Accounts Head in 2004. He then worked at Intelligroup as their Global CFO and later with Aditi Technologies as India Head and Global CFO.

This assignment marks a return to the NTT Group for him, as he had been part of NTT Data following their acquisition of Intelligroup. In fact, he was part of the strategic turnaround team that helped grow the stock price for Intelligroup by 400%.

In the course of his career, Alok has worked across geographies, with organisations in North America, Africa and India and also across diverse industries, varied cultures, and in different roles. This has helped enrich his professional as well as personal perspective giving him the acumen to appreciate situations and solve problems more holistically.

Alok enjoys travelling and networking. A keen sportsman, he’s a tennis and badminton enthusiast who is working on his golf game as well. His family includes his wife, who is pursuing her PhD in Hyderabad an elder daughter based in London and a younger daughter who is currently pursuing academics.

Yogesh Vaidya has joined the Board of Directors of Netmagic Solutions Private Limited (An NTT Company).

Yogesh is a chartered accountant and also holds the CISA degree. Yogesh has more than 25 years of rich experience and knowledge in the areas of financial accounting, reporting, fund management, auditing and taxation.

Yogesh has been a part of management team since inception and has played an important part in managing the finance function throughout the growth of the company.

Nitin Mishra is SEVP & Chief Product Officer at Netmagic, an NTT Company. He has 21 years of IT services industry experience and is part of core management team since it was a 5 member startup. Currently he is a board member of Netmagic Solutions private Limited and NTT communication network services.

In his 19 years at Netmagic, He has been at the forefront of productizing services leveraging future technologies that enable the company to enter new business areas and gain first mover advantage. In his current role, he is responsible for driving revenues and profitability across existing product lines and develop new offerings. He also oversees Business Planning, Large Bids and Internal business process automation functions.

During his tenure, Netmagic services portfolio has matured to cover the spectrum of Managed Hosted Services, Industry Leading Advanced Security and Cloud Services (IaaS). Each of these service lines have matured into significant revenue streams and contributed to the growth of the company.

As one of the earliest member of the Netmagic Founding Team, Nitin played a crucial role in business, such as bringing in early investors, managing marketing, sales and business development. His contribution to business has played important role in Netmagic’s growth from startup to over 2000 enterprise customers, 1500+ employees & expansion to 9 datacenters across country.

Prior to joining Netmagic, Nitin has briefly served in companies such as VSNL (Tata Communications) and HCL Comnet. Nitin has authored many articles and is a regular blogger on technology, and frequently speaks at various forums on Cloud and Infrastructure Management.

Nitin holds an engineering degree in computer science from VJTI (1991-95), Mumbai and PGDBM from XLRI (1996-98), Jamshedpur.