Cyan announced that Vikas Kashyap has been appointed to the role of Vice President Asia, with responsibility for business development and sales across Asia. Vikas is based at the company's headquarters in Cambridge UK, and will manage strategic relationships established in India and China as well driving existing and new sales opportunities, as part of Cyan's strategy to expand its sales and business development leadership. In addition, Vikas will identify key markets and partners across Asia for large scale deployment of smart metering and lighting solutions.

Vikas will focus on exploiting the significant growth potential in the region - Northeast Group LLC, forecasts that Southeast Asian countries will deploy 37.3 million smart meters between 2014 and 2024, accounting for $8.8 billion of the $13.6 billion forecasted investment in smart grid infrastructure over the same period. Before joining Cyan, Vikas held the position of Director of Sales at Secure Meters (UK) Ltd.