Umang Gupta (born 1949) is an
Indian-American engineer,
businessman and
millionaire philanthropist.
Biolgraphy
Career
Umang Gupta is the current
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of Keynote Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: KEYN) since December 1997. Keynote Systems is a Silicon Valley, California Company that employs 307 people and has revenue of $79.9 Million as per
Forbes.com. The company develops and sells services, hardware and software to measure, test, assure and improve the quality of service of the Internet and of mobile communications.
Education
Umang Gupta holds a Bachelor of Technology degree (1971) in
Chemical Engineering from
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and an M.B.A. degree (1972) from
Kent State University in Ohio, USA. In 1996, Umang received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for his outstanding contributions to Information Technology and entrepreneurial achievements.
IBM and Oracle
After working seven years at IBM, in 1981 Umang Gupta joined
Oracle Corporation as their 17th employee and served as Vice President and General Manager of the Microcomputer Products Division through 1984. At Oracle he is accredited with writing the first business plan for the company. Umang has also been an active investor and advisor to a number of Silicon Valley start-up companies including serving on the Board of Trustees of Mosaix, a publicly held call-center systems company from 1997 to 1999 until its sale to Lucent Technologies.
Other
In 2000 Umang was honored with of the Asian Pacific Foundation Award for Civic Leadership and Philanthropy. Apart from his professional activities, Umang has previously served on the board of the Peninsula Community Foundation, California, USA based public charity that builds investment and involvement in community. Umang along with his wife Ruth continues to devote time to PARCA, the Peninsula Association of Retarded Children and Adults, a non-profit organization in the Bay Area of California. He also has an avid interest in history and serves on the Board of the San Mateo Historical Association. Umang is the current Chairman of the IIT Kanpur Foundation and Board Chairman of PanIIT USA.
Gupta Technologies
He was the founder and Chairman and CEO of
Gupta Technologies, a client/server database and tools company, from 1984 to 1996, where he helped to usher in the era of client server computing with the world’s first SQL database server and application development tools for PC networks.
References
Biography "UmangGupta" was prepared and presented at the 2000 gala by Board Member and KRON TV News Anchor Emerald Yeh.
External links
Umang Gupta Profile on Forbes.com
Keynote Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: KEYN) Information on Forbes.com
Official Web Site of Keynote Systems, Inc.
Biography of Umang Gupta
Interview of Umang Gupta - Chair PAN-IIT USA
Umang Gupta as Keynote Speaker at Velocity - a Web Conference
Umang Gupta in an Article by Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd
Umang Gupta's Profile by IIT Kanpur, India
List of Honorees of Distinguished Alumnus Awards by IIT Kanpur
Umang Gupta's Profile on IIT Alumni Web Page
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