Dilshan Sivalingam Joins Growing Executive Roster to Scale Partner-Driven Business
Zscaler is continuing to accelerate its momentum in the region with the appointment of Dilshan Sivalingam as the company’s first ever Alliance and Channel Manager for Australia and New Zealand.
Based in Melbourne, Dilshan will be responsible for developing and maturing the Zscaler channel in line with the company’s growth strategies across Australia and New Zealand. At the same time, he will be responsible for growing mutually successful relationships between Zscaler and its broad ecosystem of global and local managed service providers, tier-1 systems integrators, and the channel community at large, to help them sell, deploy and service Zscaler’s cloud cyber threat security solutions.
Dilshan joins Zscaler with 18 years’ experience in the IT industry. He was previously National Business Development Manager & Strategic Partner Manager at Enghouse Interactive where he was responsible for all direct and channel sales revenue and sales activities in the region.
Prior, he was Regional Sales Manager & Partner Business Manager at ShoreTel during which time he delivered programs that enabled the company’s B2B channel to achieve profit and revenue targets. In addition, he worked with the company’s business partners and tier-1 carriers to develop joint strategic business plans and drive mutual business success.
Dilshan was also previously Director of Consultancy Practice at CommUnifi, a niche consultancy specialising in technology projects in telecommunications, network, wireless and software. He also worked at NEC Australia in a variety of roles over a ten year period commencing in technical assistance before ultimately being promoted to National Operations Manager with responsibility for supporting all facets of NEC’s strategic business partner program across Australia and New Zealand.
Sean Kopelke, ANZ Country Manager, Zscaler, said, “Dilshan brings the proven ability to build and lead a highly successful channel program and we look forward to the addition of his expertise. His proficiency in partner-led sales, coupled with driving successful go-to-market strategies within the channel community will be an invaluable asset to Zscaler as we continue to expand the role of our channel program in supporting our company’s growth trajectory.”
Zscaler now has offices in both Sydney and Melbourne and supports more than 120 channel partners with local pre- and post-sales technical engineering assistance, sales enablement tools, training, marketing development funds, a partner portal and certification programs.
About Zscaler
Zscaler enables the world’s leading organizations to securely transform their networks and applications for a mobile and cloud first world. Its flagship services, Zscaler Internet Access and Zscaler Private Access, create fast, secure connections between users and applications, regardless of device, location, or network. Zscaler services are 100% cloud-delivered and offer the simplicity, enhanced security, and improved user experience that traditional appliances or hybrid solutions are unable to match. Used in more than 185 countries, Zscaler operates the world’s largest cloud security platform, protecting thousands of enterprises and government agencies from cyberattacks and data loss. Learn more at zscaler.com or follow us on Twitter @zscaler.
