With RingCentral being one of the hottest brands in the world of UC, we thought it would be a good idea to have a sit down with the EMEA Managing Director, Sahil Rekhi, and find out what it was that brought him to the company, what he has achieved there so far and what are his goals for the future. Prior to joining RingCentral, Sahil told us that he spent six years at Vodafone working in various different roles revolving around product development and product management, all of which gave him the necessary skills and experience to secure the role of Product Manager at RingCentral EMEA in 2013. As the second person to join the company, Sahil has been there since the very start and, shortly after joining the company, played a key role in helping the brand secure a prestigious strategic partnership deal with BT which really helped put RingCentral on the map in the UK market.
“Unlike any of the other products BT sells, we typically don’t white label our product and instead deliver a “co-branded” offering that allows all customers to know that the service is coming from RingCentral.”
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Sahil Rekhi MD, RingCentral EMEA[/caption]
Once the BT deal had gone though, Sahil then began expanding his remit into the fields of product marketing, product development and pre-sales activities before eventually picking up on all of the brand’s operational activities where he was responsible for overseeing customer care operations and professional service deployments to local markets.
Having gained valuable experience in the wider business of RingCentral over the 18 months that followed, Sahil was eventually given the opportunity to lead the company forward and manage all of RingCentral’s business in the European markets. Since becoming the EMEA leader, Sahil informed us that the company has seen an average growth rate of 120-150% in the 18 months that followed and, after having just launched servers in 13 European countries in March this year, is fast on track to becoming a true global player in the UCaaS market.
