Manisha Sood joins Fitbit, quits Microsoft

Manisha Sood, who was the director and country lead – SMB at Microsoft, has left the company to join a US-based wearable device company, Fitbit. The company is into health and fitness and builds products that help transform people’s lives. Manisha has been appointed as the Country General Manager in FITBIT.

Though no formal announcement has been made in this regard, we have received this information from a reliable source in the industry.

In Microsoft, Manisha was responsible for leading the sales and marketing function of the small & medium business within India. She was associated with Microsoft from 2013 and served the company for over two years. Prior to that, she had served the storage company SanDisk as a Country Manager – India and SAARC. Manisha held that position in SanDisk for seven years. She was also associated with Kodak as a Country Manager – Digital & Applied Imaging.

Sood holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from University of Mumbai. She is an industry veteran and has received many honours and awards during her career.