Amit Handoo Appointed as Vice President at Hitachi Digital
Amit Handoo joins Hitachi Digital as Vice President, bringing more than two decades of experience, including 20 years at HCLTech and four years at GlobalLogic.
The Move
- New role
- Vice President
- Company
- Hitachi Digital
- Previously
- Vice President, GlobalLogic
- Announced
- October 28, 2026
By the Numbers: Hitachi Digital
- Years of experience
- 28
- Years at HCLTech
- 20
- Employees
- 582
- Headcount growth, 12 months
- 6.4%
Data: Crustdata, as of October 28, 2026
Hitachi Digital has appointed Amit Handoo as Vice President, adding a seasoned sales executive with more than two decades of experience. Handoo built that career over 20 years at HCLTech before spending four years as Vice President at GlobalLogic.
A Track Record In Sales
According to Crustdata people data, Handoo has spent more than a decade in sales across a career that began in 1998. At GlobalLogic, a firm of 36,805 people, the new Vice President held the same title from November 2021.
Before that came 20 years at HCLTech, a company that today employs 260,029 people. There, Handoo rose from Engagement Manager through senior posts as Business Unit Head and Client Partner to Global Client Partner and Sales Director, Energy & Utilities. Earlier roles as Project Leader at Global Tech Solution and Go4i.com India laid the foundation for that climb.
Why It Matters For Hitachi Digital
Established in 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary within the Hitachi Group, Hitachi Digital was created to accelerate and enhance the group's worldwide digital business. It works alongside sister companies including Hitachi Vantara, GlobalLogic, Hitachi Energy, Hitachi Digital Services and Hitachi Rail, focusing on digital transformation in social infrastructure sectors such as energy, transportation and manufacturing. The move brings in a leader who already knows one of those partner businesses from the inside.
Crustdata company data shows the business employs 582 people, up 6.4% over the past year, with engineering headcount up 27%. Its teams span borders, with 218 people in India, 150 in the United States and 104 in Poland.
What's Next
Handoo began the role in October 2026 and is based in Plano, Texas. The hire strengthens a sales leadership bench that added another Vice President in March 2026. Hiring momentum continues across the company, which has posted 31 listings in the past three months in India, Poland, the United States, Malaysia, Argentina and the Netherlands.
Hiro News tracks leadership moves across go-to-market teams every day. People, company and job data in this story comes from Crustdata.
Questions and Answers
Who is the new Vice President at Hitachi Digital?
Amit Handoo has joined Hitachi Digital as Vice President, starting in October 2026. Handoo joins from GlobalLogic, where they also served as Vice President.
What is Amit Handoo's background?
Handoo has more than two decades of experience, including more than a decade in sales. Before four years at GlobalLogic, Handoo spent 20 years at HCLTech, rising from Engagement Manager to Global Client Partner and Sales Director, Energy & Utilities.
What does Hitachi Digital do?
Established in 2022 within the Hitachi Group, Hitachi Digital is a wholly owned subsidiary created to accelerate and enhance the group's worldwide digital business. It focuses on digital transformation in social infrastructure sectors, including energy, transportation and manufacturing.
· people and company records, retrieved October 28, 2026. Source: Crustdata.