Amagi appoints Sangeeta Chakraborty as Chief Revenue Officer
Amagi, a cloud-based SaaS technology provider for broadcast and streaming television, has announced the appointment of Sangeeta Chakraborty as its new Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, she will oversee the company's global go-to-market strategy, including sales, customer success, marketing, services and operations, as Amagi gears up for its next phase of expansion and increased customer impact.
Chakraborty brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in enterprise software, having scaled revenue and customer success teams across both product-led and sales-led organizations. Her previous roles include executive leadership positions at Miro, Okta, Checkr, SymphonyAI, Accela and VMware. Most recently, she served as Chief Customer Officer and later Chief Revenue Officer at Miro, where she played a key role in expanding the company's customer base to over 250,000 and growing its user community to more than 80m. During her tenure, Miro reached a valuation of $17.5bn and ranked #11 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list.
Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Revenue Officer, Amagi, said: 'Joining Amagi at this juncture is incredibly exciting. The media industry is undergoing a profound transformation, and Amagi stands at the forefront with its cloud technology innovation that is purpose-built for today's video economy. From live production to monetization, Amagi is powering critical workflows for the world's top media brands. I look forward to working with our global teams and customers to unlock new growth opportunities, strengthen our market leadership, and deliver measurable value through innovation, scale, and trust.'
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chakraborty is a respected voice in the tech industry, with deep expertise in SaaS and AI applications across sectors such as finance, healthcare, telecom and government. She holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Warangal and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Commenting on the appointment, Srinivasan KA, Co-founder and President – Global business at Amagi, added: 'Media companies around the world are accelerating their shift to cloud-native, AI-powered infrastructure. Sangeeta brings the leadership and customer-first mindset that will help us lead the next chapter of our global expansion and market leadership.'
Amagi now powers over 7,000 channel deliveries and 28bn ad impressions globally.
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