Gunal Kannan is the Area Vice President of Sales Strategy & Innovation for APAC & EMEA at BMC Helix, where he drives go-to-market strategy across Enterprise Service Management, IT Operations Management, and GenAI/Agentic AI. As a regional Field CTO, he champions innovation and transformation for customers, partners, and internal teams, leading specialist sales leaders across two of BMC’s fastest-growing regions.

Over his 10+ years at BMC, Gunal has held pivotal roles in Tech Strategy, Advocacy, and Solution Engineering leadership—shaping future portfolio direction and strengthening BMC’s position with analysts, C-suite leaders, and global enterprises. With more than two decades of experience across APAC, he is recognized for building high-performance teams, elevating customer value, and enabling organizations to modernize and innovate at scale.