Expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Thrive bolsters its team with two new appointments for top-level positions.
Thrive Expands APAC Operations with New Leadership Appointments
Thrive, a leading global technology outsourcing company specialising in cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and complex IT requirements, is bolstering its presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The company's expansion strategy, spearheaded by the appointments of Farhad Jowharsha and Naveen Chodavarapu as Vice Presidents, APAC, aims to grow its sales pipeline with a consultative, customer-centric approach.
Thrive's APAC expansion is a response to its upward growth trajectory, following a strategic investment by Berkshire Partners and Court Square Capital in January 2025. Since then, the company has made strategic acquisitions, including Baroan Technologies and Abacode, to bolster compliance services and industry expertise, strengthening its service offerings in APAC.
Farhad Jowharsha, who will be based out of Thrive's Hong Kong office, brings 25 years' experience in consulting and sales leadership. He previously served as the regional sales director at Forrester Research. Naveen Chodavarapu, who will spearhead Thrive's APAC Operations team from its Singapore office, has a focus on customer cultivation across the APAC region. Chodavarapu has also held leadership positions at DXC Technology, HPE, and Alcatel-Lucent.
Chodavarapu previously served as the head of customer success for Greater Asia at HP, while Jowharsha has experience in growing sales pipelines and taking a consultative approach. Thrive's new leaders are expected to help expand Thrive's footprint in Asia, focusing on customer cultivation across the region.
Thrive's integrated approach under the dual leadership aims to sustain the company's rapid growth and ensure it meets evolving market demands in the APAC region. The strategy leverages their combined experience to ensure customer success and service quality, supported by Thrive’s existing presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.
Thrive deploys a POD structure with subject matter experts supported by 24x7x365 SOC, NOC, and centralized teams to deliver consistent and exceptional customer service during the expansion phase. The company also leverages its NextGen platform, combining AI, standardization, scalability, and automation to increase business efficiencies for customers, complemented by advisory services, vCISO/vCIO, consulting, and project implementation.
This integrated approach under the dual leadership aims to sustain Thrive’s rapid growth and ensure it meets evolving market demands in the APAC region, which is critical to the company’s future success. Thrive's new leaders are tasked with continuing the company's global growth trajectory.
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- Thrive, a global technology company specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, networking, and complex IT requirements, is using a consultative, customer-centric approach to grow its sales pipeline in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region due to its upward growth trajectory.
- Farhad Jowharsha, with 25 years' experience in consulting and sales leadership, will help expand Thrive's footprint in Asia, focusing on customer cultivation across the region, from Thrive's Hong Kong office.
- Naveen Chodavarapu, previously holding leadership positions at DXC Technology, HPE, and Alcatel-Lucent, will spearhead Thrive's APAC Operations team from its Singapore office, with a focus on customer cultivation across the APAC region.
- As Thrive continues its global growth trajectory, both Jowharsha and Chodavarapu are expected to employ their expertise to sustain the company's rapid growth and ensure it meets evolving market demands in the APAC region.
