Check Point Software brings on board Manish Alshi for India ops

Bengaluru: Check Point Software Technologies has appointed Manish Alshi as the head of channels and growth technologies for Check Point in India, according to a statement by the cybersecurity firm issued Monday.

In this role, Alshi will oversee the company’s channel ecosystem in India and the SAARC region as well as lead channel business growth in key technologies, including cloud, mobile and endpoint security. He will report to Sundar Balasubramanian, managing director (India and SAARC) at Check Point Software.

Alshi brings to his role about 22 years of experience in the Indian IT sector, across enterprise and commercial sales as well as channels. He has worked with multinational brands like VMWare, Oracle, IFS and QAI.


Prior to joining Check Point, he clocked around 15 years of channel leadership experience, first with Oracle and then VMWare, where he set up the channels ecosystem and headed up the partner sales organisation.

“During the pandemic…our channels became an even more essential part of our business, and we collaborated closely (with companies) to deliver our technologies,” Balasubramanian said in the statement. “I believe Manish’s experience and leadership capabilities will enable us to continue meeting the needs of our market and more.”