Vishal's Greetings

9/29/2005

Darryl old man!

Cannot believe the Don Quixote you've been! Do you remember me -- Vishal -- we were in Gersho's lab. together, even worked out in the new UCSB gym once in a while (when you could remember to make it!) and you took us to Lake Nacimiento for some cool water skiing in the summer of 94 or 95, I forget exactly. When was that -- let me see back in 1995 or so perhaps. Almost a decade to the day!

Well, stumbled upon your site via a link from Manjunath's page -- and couldn't resist the temptation to write.

I see that you've been through India already?? Well, that's a pity, cause if you were there now, we could have met!

Anyway, will you be returning to the good ol' US of A anytime soon, or will your travels keep you in South America for a long time.

(BTW, read your travelogue -- glad you got rid of Dorotea!)

More on hearing from you, and all the best with your travels in South America.

Best, -Vishal

...AND...

Hi Daryl,

Good to hear back.

Well, India is a special, crazy place! No, I am not near Delhi, but rather in Mumbai at present, for some time. I am on a contract, teaching and doing some research at the Dept. of EE, IIT Bombay.

After USCB, I went East, to Boston in early 1998, worked there for 3 years for a company called Tellabs (they make digital cross-connects for the phone networks), but I was in their Research Center, working on IP networks. Then I moved West, to the Valley, worked for a while for a startup called Jasmine Networks, and in mid-2001, started my own consulting company to consult to system vendors and carriers, which is what I am currently doing too.

I am in India for some time to explore the landscape, and to see if we can drum up some business with the rapidly growing service providers here. I keep going back and forth between the Valley and here, and will likely be here until next summer.

When you have a moment, check out http://www.metanoia-inc.com for more info. on the company.

Best, -Vishal _ _ ______________________________________________________ _ _

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