- Gunjan Sinha
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name = Gunjan Sinha
imagesize = 100px
birth_date =May 24 ,1967
birth_place = Ranchi, India
occupation =Entrepreneur Gunjan Sinha (born
May 24 ,1967 ) in India is an Indian-Americanentrepreneur . He is currently the chairman of MetricStream [ [http://www.metricstream.com/company/management.htm#Chairman Management - Company - MetricStream ] ] , a market leader in Enterprise-wide GRC and Quality Solutions for global corporations. He was one of the co-founders of WhoWhere [ [http://www.metricstream.com/company/management.htm#Chairman Management - Company - MetricStream ] ] , which was sold to Lycos in 1998, and eGain [ [http://egain.com/about_us/board.asp eGain | Board of directors ] ] , which went public in 1999.Over his career, Gunjan has spent over 15 years in various entrepreneurial, board and executive positions developing, marketing and selling software and Internet services. As an internet pioneer, he was the co-founder and President of WhoWhere? Inc., a leading Internet directory services company acquired by Lycos in 1998 as well as eGain, an online customer service company which successfully served over 800 businesses around the world. Earlier in his career, Gunjan also co-founded Viman Software, Inc., a network license management company, and Parsec Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an international call center company based in India. Gunjan has served on the Board of several venture-backed technology companies.
He obtained his BS and MS degrees in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and UC Santa Cruz, respectively. He also holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University. He was featured as one of the 50 most successful immigrant entrepreneurs in the US by Silicon India [ [http://www.siliconindia.com/manage.php SiliconIndia: professional network for indians worldwide ] ] . In 2007, he was awarded the Top 50 Asian Americans in Business Award [ [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=745563 MetricStream's Gunjan Sinha Named One of America's Top 50 Asian Americans in Business ] ] .
Personal
He lives in Palo Alto, California.
Accomplishments
Founding Companies
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WhoWhere (purchased byLycos )
*eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN.OB)
*Parsec Technologies
*Viman Board membership
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eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN.OB)
*MetricStream [http://www.metricstream.com]
*Parsec Technologies
*Viman
*WhoWhere (Former) [http://www.whowhere.com]
*CFHI [http://www.cfhi.org]
*Regalix [http://www.regalix.com]
*SiliconIndia [http://www.siliconindia.com]
*TBD Networks [http://www.tbdnetworks.com]Other
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Child Family Health International (CFHI) [ [http://cfhi.org/team.php4 CFHI-The Team ] ]
*2007 Top 50 Asian Americans in Business Award RecipientNotes
External links
* [http://www.metricstream.com/company/management.htm Metric Stream's Management Team]
* [http://www.cfhi.org/team.php4 CFHI Team Page]
* [http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/36277 Outstanding 50 Asian American Award - Silicon India]
* [http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/celebrity/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/2171/20070625/0905000006.htm Top 50 Asian Americans in Business - Netscape Article]
* [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Sinha_amongst_top_50_businessmen/articleshow/2154625.cms Economic Times Article]
* [http://blogs.siliconindia.com/gunjan Gunjan's Blog]
* [http://specials.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/19sld1.htm Rediff Article 2007]
* [http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/celebrity/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/2171/20070625/0905000006.htm Netsape Article 2007]
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