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.