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Datadog names Namit D’Cruz regional vice-president for India and SAARC
Bengaluru: Datadog is sharpening its focus on India and South Asia. The cloud monitoring and security firm has promoted Namit D’Cruz as regional vice-president for enterprise across India and SAARC, betting on rising enterprise demand for observability, security and AI-led operations.
Based in Bengaluru, D’Cruz will expand his remit from southern India to the wider region, taking charge of Datadog’s enterprise strategy as companies scale cloud-native and AI-driven systems. His role spans customer growth, regional go-to-market execution and the build-out of Datadog’s India teams across sales, alliances, in-region support, marketing and SDR operations.
The move reflects India’s growing weight in Datadog’s global growth story. Enterprises across the region are moving rapidly from AI pilots to production deployments, pushing visibility, governance and system reliability higher up boardroom agendas.
D’Cruz said organisations were entering a phase where AI adoption demanded deeper operational discipline. Datadog’s platform, he said, offered end-to-end observability across AI-driven stacks, from infrastructure and GPUs to models and agents, while helping enterprises manage cost, risk and responsible AI use.
Rob Thorne, vp for APJ at Datadog, said India had become a critical market for the company, driven by strong uptake of cloud, security and AI-led operations. D’Cruz’s leadership, he said, would be central to scaling regional teams, deepening enterprise relationships and accelerating growth across India and SAARC.
D’Cruz brings more than two decades of experience in large-scale digital and cloud transformation. During his tenure at Datadog, he has helped expand the company’s enterprise footprint in India, supporting some of the country’s largest organisations as they modernised infrastructure and sought real-time visibility across increasingly complex environments.
Before joining Datadog, he held senior leadership roles at Microsoft, where he played a key role in shaping the company’s digital-native business in India and supporting high-growth firms as they scaled on cloud platforms.
As enterprises across South Asia double down on AI, security and scale, Datadog’s message is clear. The region is no longer a growth experiment. It is a frontline market, and the company is gearing up accordingly.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
