Unified SASE as a service firm Aryaka announced a significant GTM investment across the Asia Pacific region, as well as a series of new GTM executives, worldwide. The expansion includes new partnerships with NI+C (Japan) and ASV Platforms (Australia) to further its sales reach. Additionally, Aryaka hired several key leadership roles, including:
- Nick Alagna (VP of global channels).
- Nitin Ahuja (VP and GM, Asia Pacific).
- William Ho (strategic advisor, Asia Pacific).
“This announcement is just the beginning of our investment in new partnerships and routes to market for Aryaka,” said Chris Ranalli, Aryaka CRO. “With the hiring of Nick, Nitin and others, we are building a world class team, accelerating our success through both experience and relationships.”
Alagna joins Aryaka with 20+ years of experience in driving growth for leading tech companies and startups. As global channel chief, he will lead the charge in building and scaling Aryaka’s global channel ecosystem, empowering partners to deliver customer value with Aryaka’s unified SASE solutions. His expertise spans global go-to-market strategies and partner ecosystem development for cutting-edge solutions in cybersecurity and cloud technologies.
Previously, he led channel sales and strategic partners with Akamai Technologies and co-founded WholeSecurity, a venture-backed cybersecurity startup acquired by Symantec.
“I am beyond excited to join Aryaka at this critical time in its evolution,” said Alagna. “It is rare to find an organization who has demonstrated both channel commitment and product leadership in a growing and robust market. The opportunity for our partners worldwide is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to enable and support our partners to scale their businesses by helping more and more customers succeed on their secure networking journeys.”
Similarly, Ahuja brings over two decades of business and technology experience. He will lead all GTM functions in the Asia Pacific, having previously served as a sales and GTM executive across APAC markets with Imperva. He also filled regional leadership positions for VMWare, HPE and Microsoft.
“Aryaka has made this region a strategic priority and this expansion proves it. The company is poised for major growth here, backed by new partners, leaders and dedicated resources in the region,” said Ahuja. “Working closely with our partners, we’ll help more organizations across the region experience integrated secure networking experience without any tradeoffs.”
Finally, Ho is the former CEO of Hong Kong Broadband Enterprise Solutions, and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management, as a strategic advisor in the Asia Pacific region.
The moves are among several other GTM additions, worldwide, including:
- Mike Ellis (channel sales director, EMEA).
- Elad Tzur (channel sales director EMEA).
- Meng Foo (channel sales director, ASEAN).
- Abhijit Neelgar (channel sales director, India).
As part of the expansion, Aryaka has invested significantly in regional GTM programs. With over 100 customers in the Asia Pacific, the company is committing more investment in GTM partners leadership, personnel and programs in the APJ region and globally, introducing their unified SASE as a service solution.
