Gaura Banga (Ph.D. ’98) explored several roles in various technology employers and decided he preferred spending his energy on innovation, building and working with motivated teams to create new solutions, while aligned with investors with similar goals. He has launched three companies: PDAApps (acquired by Intellisync Corp), Bromium, and Balbix.
Read his Rice CS Alumni Profile: https://www.cs.rice.edu/banga.