Symantec Appoints Vishal Dhupar as Managing Director of Symantec India

INDIA, Mumbai - September 6, 2005 -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the appointment of Vishal Dhupar as the managing director of Symantec India. A veteran in the IT industry, Vishal will lead the company in the development and execution of the country’s strategic plans to achieve and exceed business targets and ensure the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

“Vishal brings a wealth of industry knowledge and has a strong track record of achieving significant business results in both local and international operations. We are excited to have Vishal on board to lead the India sales team and capitalize on the potential opportunity in India for the new Symantec,” said Eric Hoh, vice president, Asia South Region, Symantec.

Vishal joins Symantec from Autodesk where he led the Indian operations as managing director for the Autodesk Design Solutions Group (DSG) business in SAARC. Previously, Vishal was director of sales at Sun Microsystems India. He joined Sun as general manager responsible for the manufacturing and energy sectors. With the stellar results he achieved for the company he was promoted to director level. Over his six years at Sun, Vishal was one of the few Sun employees to have won the coveted Sunrise Award, a reward for the top performers across the world, five years in a row.

Vishal began his career at DCM Data Products and later moved on to Digital Technologies and Silicon Graphics before joining Sun Microsystems.

Vishal holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from Bangalore University and is a participant of the advance management program from the prestigious All India Management Association (AIMA)

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