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Samir Bodas arrived in the USA in 1982 to pursue a college education at the University of Texas , Austin. Right after graduating, Samir joined National Instruments as a software programmer. In 1990 , Samir decided to pursue an MBA degree at Wharton Business school. After graduating from Wharton, Sam...

Nikesh Parekh was born in 1965 to an Indian immigrant family in Ohio that later moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts.   Pittsfield had limited diversity with very few Indian families. In order to connect with a wide diversity of student body, from all over the world, Nikesh chose to attend Harvard Un...

Jeff Sears is a Seattle native and has grown up enjoying the beauty of the Emerald City. He graduated from Bellevue High school and went on to attend University of Washington. Soon after graduating, Jeff worked in radio advertising for his first 5 years. This is how he honed his skills for cold call...

Ezhilarasan Natarajan (EZ) is a native of Chennai, India. In 1998, he graduated from Univ. of Madras with a gold medal in the field of Computer Science. With a stellar academic achievement in hand, EZ started his professional career as one of the first 50 employees at the R&D (Research and Developme...

Vidur Luthra is a Seattle based, successful, serial entrepreneur. The seeds of his entrepreneurial spirit were sown early when in 12th grade, he started a homegrown business of creating and selling advertisements to budding TV cable operators in New Delhi, India. After this brief entrepreneurial sti...