Hitachi Data Systems appoints Marrut Manistitya as managing director for Thailand

With a reputation for excellent customer and partner management, Marrut will be responsible for accelerating HDS business growth in Thailand by strengthening and expanding the company’s customer and partner base, HDS announced.

Ravi Rajendran, vice president and general manager for ASEAN, Hitachi Data Systems, said: “I am thrilled to welcome Marrut Manistitya to Hitachi Data Systems. Marrut comes to us with more than 17 years of IT experience across sales and marketing, and a strong passion for technology. He has a proven track record in building high performance teams and developing talent, whilst establishing and maintaining strong relationships with customers. Marrut’s expansive expertise will help us further accelerate business growth in Thailand.”

Marrut said he saw Thailand Thailand has great potential for business growth, as organizations continue to look for ways to solve their data management problems.

“HDS can help companies extract value from their data to better support and expand their business operations,” Marrut said.

“I believe that our strong Sales, Channel, Marketing and Professional Services teams will continue to accelerate Hitachi Data Systems business in Thailand.” 

Prior to joining Hitachi Data Systems, Marrut held key sales and IT roles in several large companies such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Most recently, he led the Commercial and Public Sector Enterprise Sales team at Hewlett-Packard (HP), which comprised of key accounts in Banking, Retail, Telecom, and the Public Sector. Marrut earned a Bachelor of Economics degree from Chulalongkorn University and a Master of Engineering degree from the School of Advanced Technology, Asian Institute of Technology.