Roundtable with Yogesh Gupta
Mr. Yogesh, a senior CA executive, came to the MEM program to participate in the Night With Industry, and I got chance to lead a roundtable discussion with him. He immediately took charge, and disarmed the group with his sharp wit and warm personality. The discussion ranged from ubiquitous networking to entrepreneurship and everything in between. This is the first of three posts about his visit to MEM. Let’s start with his background:
After getting a degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Yogesh came to the US with his suitcase, and not much else. He enrolled in a masters program at University of Wisconsin, and paid for it himself by working part-time. Soon after graduation, he joined Cullinet, a company that was later acquired by CA. At CA he stayed in engineering and product development, until the CEO asked him to go out and sell the monster he had developed. And sell, he did. UniCenter, the product he developed, was a stellar commercial success. Roughly to the tune of a billion odd dollars. It created history as one of the greatest software successes of its time. He later took charge as the CTO, and now serves as the Chief Technology Strategist. In his current capacity, he is responsible for identifying long-term opportunities for CA. Yes that includes making cool acquisitions.
Key Take-aways: 1) “Hard work” works 2) When you’re a big shot executive, be willing to mentor students
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