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Two new trustees recently joined the board. Last month, we introduced SB Master; this month, you'll meet Gunjan Sinha.
Gunjan is chairman of MetricStream, which provides quality, risk, and compliance management software. He was one of the co-founders of WhoWhere, which was sold to Lycos in 1998, and eGain, which went public in 1999.
Over his career, he has spent more than 15 years in various entrepreneurial, board, and executive positions developing, marketing, and selling software and Internet services.
He has a master's in computer engineering from UCSC.
We asked Gunjan three questions.
Why did you want to be a trustee?
To help UCSC build ties with Silicon Valley.
What do you hope to accomplish?
If I can help UCSC build a stronger bridge with the Silicon Valley
companies, that would be very good for UCSC.
What is your vision for UC Santa Cruz?
UCSC should aspire to grow into a distinctive university with strong
ties to the innovation economy of the Silicon Valley.
