Leadership transition strengthens India’s role in GoTo’s global innovation strategy
In a move that underscores India’s growing strategic importance in global technology operations, GoTo has elevated Sivakumar Ekambaram as its new India Site Leader. The appointment signals the company’s continued focus on expanding its innovation footprint and accelerating AI-led transformation from its India hub.
Based in Bengaluru, Sivakumar will now lead the company’s India operations and strategic direction, overseeing one of GoTo’s most critical global centres. His expanded mandate includes strengthening India’s contribution to the company’s global growth agenda, advancing core platforms, and driving development in emerging technology areas such as artificial intelligence, cloud innovation, and digital transformation.
Strengthening India’s Innovation Engine
India has increasingly evolved into a high-impact centre for global technology companies, supporting product development, engineering excellence, and innovation at scale. With this leadership transition, GoTo aims to further position its India operations as a full-function strategic hub that supports both execution and long-term innovation.
Sivakumar brings more than two decades of experience in the IT industry and has spent nearly ten years at GoTo in leadership roles. A seasoned product engineering leader, he continues to serve as Senior Director of Engineering alongside his new responsibilities. His expertise spans unified communications, remote support technologies, cloud platforms, and AI-driven product innovation.
The company’s leadership emphasized that the appointment reflects both Sivakumar’s engineering expertise and the organisation’s commitment to an AI-first strategy, with India playing a central role in its global execution model.
Focus on Growth, Talent, and Emerging Technologies
In his new role, Sivakumar will focus on strengthening talent capabilities, building next-generation technology solutions, and expanding India’s contribution to GoTo’s growth products while maintaining operational excellence across existing platforms.
He highlighted India’s longstanding role in the company’s global journey and outlined plans to further develop the India centre into a high-impact organisation that drives innovation, customer value, and scalable product development.
Under his leadership, the India team is expected to deepen its engagement in emerging areas such as AI-led solutions, cloud-based innovation, and enterprise digital transformation—areas that are increasingly shaping the future of cloud communications and IT platforms.
Extensive Global Technology Experience
Before joining GoTo, Sivakumar built extensive experience across global technology organisations, including roles at IBM, Aztec Software, AOL, and Citrix. His diverse background in product engineering and enterprise technology development is expected to support GoTo’s broader innovation and growth ambitions.
Strategic Implications
The leadership change reflects a broader industry trend where multinational technology companies are expanding India’s role beyond operational delivery to strategic innovation and product leadership. As enterprises accelerate AI adoption and cloud-led transformation, India’s engineering talent and innovation ecosystem continue to play a defining role in shaping global technology roadmaps.
With Sivakumar at the helm of its India operations, GoTo appears set to further strengthen its presence in the region while advancing its global technology and innovation strategy.