Vaishali B. Shivshankar has moved from F5 to Nutanix as Director, Field Marketing, India & SAARC. The move follows her tenure as Head of Marketing, India & SAARC at F5.
Her designation covers field marketing across India and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation region. The transition keeps her regional focus on India and SAARC while moving from an application delivery and security company to a business focused on cloud infrastructure and enterprise platform software.
At F5, Shivshankar was part of the company’s regional marketing leadership. She announced her appointment through a LinkedIn post in 2023 and subsequently shared reflections on completing her first year with the organisation. She has also participated in industry discussions on B2B marketing, including an ET BrandEquity Expert Exchange session on demand generation.
Before F5, her career included a role as Partner Marketing Leader, India at VMware. She previously served as Head of Marketing, India & SAARC at Rackspace Technology. An Enterprise IT World event listing from 2021 also identified her as AWS APJ Partner Marketing Leader at Rackspace, alongside her regional marketing responsibilities.
Her LinkedIn profile lists professional certifications in B2B marketing, digital marketing and competitive intelligence. The profile also records several industry and company recognitions, including F5’s Marketeer of the Year FY24 award and inclusion in HotTopics’ Top 100 B2B Future CMOs in 2025.
Nutanix provides a platform for running applications, data and AI across public and private clouds, datacentres and edge environments. Its company overview describes a focus on simplifying infrastructure and supporting consistent operations across hybrid cloud environments, with more than 29,000 customers worldwide.
Shivshankar’s move adds to her career across enterprise technology marketing, with previous roles spanning regional marketing leadership and partner marketing. Her Nutanix title retains responsibility for India and SAARC geography.
