Namit D'Cruz

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DISC Type : DS

RVP Enterprise - India & SAARC at Datadog

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Namit DCruz is the RVP for India & SAARC at Datadog, responsible for enterprise strategy and regional growth. With over 20 years of experience, including senior roles at Microsoft and Oracle, he specializes in cloud transformation and sales leadership. Colleagues describe him as an aggressive, intelligent, and calm sales professional with a talent for mentoring.

While his public profile is focused on his extensive career in technology and sales leadership, he has shown a keen interest in discussing the broader challenges and opportunities within the tech landscape, particularly how to derive meaningful insights from vast amounts of data.

He recently appeared as a guest on "The Boss’s Code" podcast to discuss how data observability is reshaping the future of the digital industry.

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Decisive But Calm

Consummate Professional

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise Growth
His current role at Datadog and previous positions at Microsoft focus on building and scaling the enterprise business and strategy in the India & SAARC region.
Cloud Transformation
He has a proven track record of helping large enterprises, unicorns, and digital natives adopt cloud platforms to scale and accelerate their digital journeys.
Data Observability
He recently discussed the challenge of data overload and the importance of observability in making cloud data intelligent on "The Boss's Code" podcast.

Media Appearances

Datadog appoints Regional Vice President for India and SAARC. Featured in Economic Times – CIO

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Datadog elevates Namit D'Cruz to Regional Vice President for India & SAARC. Featured in Exchange4Media

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DataDog's India Enterprise Sales Director Namit D' Cruz – Interview. Featured in YouTube

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Work History

12-2025
RVP Enterprise - India & SAARC at Datadog
12-2023
India Enterprise Leader at Datadog
7-2022 - 12-2023
Sales Director - Strategic Digital Natives at Microsoft
7-2018 - 6-2022
Sales Director - Unicorns at Microsoft
6-2012 - 6-2018
Enterprise Sales & Renewals at Microsoft

Education

MSc International Marketing from University of Strathclyde
Bachelor in Business Management from Christ College

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Insights For Selling To Namit

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Suggest clear next steps with confidence, don't be vague or hesitant
  • Come across as a trustworthy professional and be respectful, they usually know their game
  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point

DONT's

  • Don't get into pricing discussions early on, steer conversation towards proven results
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Namit is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Namit

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Namit move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Namit take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Namit

Personality Compatibility


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