Gunjan Sinha

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Gunjan Sinha
Born May 24, 1967
Ranchi, India
Occupation Entrepreneur

Gunjan Sinha (born May 24, 1967) in India is an American Indian entrepreneur. He is currently the chairman of MetricStream[1], a market leader in Enterprise-wide GRC and Quality Solutions for global corporations. He was one of the co-founders of WhoWhere[2], which was sold to Lycos in 1998, and eGain[3], 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[4]. In 2007, he was awarded the Top 50 Asian Americans in Business Award[5].

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[edit] Personal

He lives in Palo Alto, California.

[edit] Accomplishments

[edit] Founding Companies

  • WhoWhere (purchased by Lycos)
  • eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN.OB)
  • Parsec Technologies
  • Viman

[edit] Board membership

  • eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN.OB)
  • MetricStream [1]
  • Parsec Technologies
  • Viman
  • WhoWhere (Former) [2]
  • CFHI [3]
  • Regalix [4]
  • SiliconIndia [5]
  • TBD Networks [6]

[edit] Other

  • Child Family Health International (CFHI)[6]
  • 2007 Top 50 Asian Americans in Business Award Recipient

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Management - Company - MetricStream
  2. ^ Management - Company - MetricStream
  3. ^ eGain | Board of directors
  4. ^ SiliconIndia: professional network for indians worldwide
  5. ^ MetricStream's Gunjan Sinha Named One of America's Top 50 Asian Americans in Business
  6. ^ CFHI-The Team

[edit] External links