Aerospike appoints Venkatesh Guntur as country manager for Southeast Asia

California-headquartered database solutions provider Aerospike has appointed Venkatesh Guntur as its new country manager for the Southeast Asia region.

Guntur will spearhead the firm's business operations in the ASEAN region, focusing on elevating its presence and driving growth.

"With his extensive experience and proven leadership, Venkatesh will be an invaluable addition to our team as we continue to expand our footprint in the enterprise and fast-growing AI-centric business applications segments in the ASEAN region," said Aveekshith Bushan, vice-president and general manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, at Aerospike.

Guntur brings more than 25 years of experience in enterprise IT sales leadership, having driven strategic sales initiatives and fostered innovation in the technology sector for several organisations.

Before joining Aerospike, he held key leadership positions at companies such as Couchbase, ADP, Blue Prism and Ramco Systems.

“I look forward to further building on the company’s reputation as a scalable, efficient and cost-effective, real-time database solution in the region," said Guntur.

Aerospike is a real-time multi-model database that processes transactions, documents, graphs and vectors for real-time operations and decision-making. It enables organisations to feed artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML) systems with high volumes of real-time data faster, with up to 80% less infrastructure than other database providers.

Its clients include Adobe, Airtel, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, PayPal, and Snap. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company's offices include London, Bengaluru, and Tel Aviv.