Bangalore: Jitendra Ghughal to take control of Fortinet's Indian Subcontinent's Branch as the new Channel Mannager encompassing countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Fortinet offers network security and unified threat management (UTM) solutions. In this fresh role Ghughal will be accountable for managing Fortinet Partner program (FPP) and rivet on increasing the number of Certified Network Security Professionals (FCNSP) in the assigned regions. He will act as a pioneering force to drive programs to amend Fortinet's "renewal" and runrate business. He carries with him a vast sea of experience of 14 years in network security industry and channel experience. Prior to his promotion he was a General Manager for six years at Ingram Micro. He has also worked in management positions in business/product and sales at Tech Pacific and Godrej Pacific respectively. Vishak Raman, Regional Director for SAARC at Fortinet said, "With him onboard, we will be able to enhance Fortinet's channel experience in the region and further drive the execution of the Fortinet Partner Program, with a particular focus on high-end partners. All in all, he will help accelerate our penetration of the large enterprises market." Ghughal is a graduate in management from IIM Bangalore and even holds good experience in security and storage vendors in companies like Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, Fortinet, Juniper, IBM-ISS, Hitachi Data Systems, Quantum, Tandberg and EMC.