James Parker is Tata Comm's president of global sales

Tata Communications today announced appointment of James Parker as president of global sales.
"James brings proven leadership and a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise from his 25 years in industry... As we continue to grow our global business with a focus on helping our customers get ahead and stay ahead in this digital age," Tata Communications MD and Group CEO Vinod Kumar said in a statement.
At this position, Parker is responsible for leading the company's global sales organisation across all customer segments.
He has worked in software and telecommunications industries across both developed and emerging markets at various positions in leading companies, including CenturyLink, Microsoft and IBM.

"It is a really exciting time to be joining the Tata Communications team. The exponential growth of connected devices, emergence of social media, analytics, cloud computing... All play a part in a major transition in the way businesses engage with technology and evolve their own business models. Tata Communications is at the heart of powering all of this," Parker said.