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Enterasys Networks, a leader in enterprise networking solutions, has appointed Attley Ng as president for the Asia-Pacific region.

Ng will be responsible for executive management of all aspects of the company’s operations in Asia-Pacific, including sales, service and strategies to grow the company’s business throughout the region. He will report directly to Enterasys’ executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Mads Lillelund, and will be based at Enterasy’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore.

Prior to Enterasys, Ng held several executive-level positions with AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where he most recently served as Lucent's managing director for the Asia-Pacific region. He held P&L responsibility for Lucent's Global Commercial Markets Business, valued at over $150 million, and also managed business development initiatives such as identification of major new business opportunities for new and existing customers in the region.

Ng recently completed the Harvard University Executive Program for Global Leadership, and holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota.

Mandar Agshikar has been appointed head of sales-India by iSmart International. Agshikar will be based in Mumbai and will be responsible for the company’s overall sales and marketing operations in the country. He has over 15 years of industry experience to his credit and specialises in the field of relationship management. Agshikar has spent 15 years in hardcore sales organisations. His previous assignment was with CMS Computers. where he worked for six years. At CMS, Agshikar rose from the position of an assistant territory manager to regional head, selling solutions offered by Datacard, Oce and Storagetek. This gave him exposure to the card industry. In iSmart, his major role is to build and guide the sales and marketing team and to explore the various opportunities related to Smart Cards in India. He has taken over a team of six sales and two marketing staff.

Deepak Shikarpur has been appointed executive director of Computer Society of India (CSI). Shikarpur’s name was recommended by CSI’s search-cum-selection committee. Shikarpur brings with him good knowledge about CSI, keen desire to build CSI, commitment to the vision of CSI as the choice for and by IT Professionals, and hard work as a result of which he can provide CSI with clear orientation. Shikarpur worked with the Tata Group for 16 years and has vast experience in the IT industry in all spheres as a techno marketing professional, international business and also as an entrepreneur.