Former Snowflake Executive to Drive Strategic Growth in APJ
Elastic has appointed Sanjay Deshmukh as Vice President for Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). Deshmukh will lead the regional business, focusing on scaling operations, expanding the partner ecosystem, and strengthening customer relationships. He brings a successful track record of driving significant growth for enterprise software organizations in APJ.
Matthew Day, Vice President and General Manager of International at Elastic, highlighted the importance of the APJ market. “The Asia-Pacific Japan region is a high-growth market fueled by the demand for meaningful AI innovation. Sanjay’s proven expertise in leading enterprise software organizations through periods of rapid growth and his ability to build high-performance teams will continue to build on our success. As our customers seek ways to leverage their data for GenAI use cases and consolidate their search, security, and observability needs onto a single platform, Elastic is uniquely placed to support them.”
“Asia Pacific is poised to be the fastest growing market for generative AI due to rapid digitalization, the availability of AI talent, data, and a vibrant start-up ecosystem,” said Sanjay Deshmukh.
Deshmukh emphasized the region’s potential, stating, “Connecting the right data at the right time enables a new wave of AI products that are relevant and effective in solving real business problems. I look forward to empowering developers, IT teams, and organizations across APJ to transform data into answers, actions, and outcomes with Search AI.”