Sanket Atal joins OpenText as SVP, Engineering & Country Head India

OpenText, a cloud and AI company headquartered in Canada, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Sanket Atal as Senior Vice President, Engineering and Country Head, India, effective immediately. 

In his new role, Atal brings more than 25 years of leadership experience fostering innovation across global tech organisations. He most recently served at Salesforce as Managing Director – India, making it a global hub for talent and innovation. Previously, he worked with Intuit India, Oracle, MakeMyTrip, and CA Technologies in leadership roles. 

“The appointment underscores OpenText’s growing commitment to India as a strategic hub for innovation, engineering excellence, and AI-driven growth. In this role, Sanket will be responsible for the India engineering organisation, fostering collaboration across OpenText’s global product and technology teams to accelerate the company’s next phase of transformation,” the company said in a statement. 

Savinay Berry, Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer, said, “OpenText is entering an exciting new chapter as we expand our engineering depth and innovation capacity in India. Sanket’s deep experience in leading large-scale technology operations and cultivating high-performance teams will help accelerate our AI-driven growth and global innovation from India.” 

“OpenText is at the forefront of secure information management and AI innovation. I am thrilled to join at such an exciting time in the company’s journey and look forward to building on India’s strong foundation to power global innovation, strengthen delivery, and shape the future of intelligent information management," Atal added.

Atal holds an MBA from the University of Oregon, an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a BSc in Computer Science from Cornell University.