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Name: Mahesh Khatri

Desi
Desibabu19, (Mani - this id was created to test ban and some other admin management issues)

From: Naperville, IL (Suburb of Chicago)

Contact email: [email protected]

Contact phone #s: 630 544 1566 cell and primary #
Home phone #: 630 922 1509

General information: LIA, retired, Telecommunications engineering (HW and SW) and Marketing background. Worked for Tellabs. Last job was director of Product Planning, Management, systems engineering for an Optical core switch. Married, two kids, one working and one in high school.

Enjoy: Blackjack, Cooking, wine, women, finance, travel, gourmet dining, astrophysics.

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Updates (January 2010):

One child quit her job and is now full time in second year studying Law at DePaul University, Chicago. She also married in August 2009.
Second child is out of high school and a sophomore at UIC, major undeclared as of yet.

My community information which I realized was missing from my original update: I am from Sindhi community born and brought up in Bombay. I went to school in Bombay and attended Jai Hind College at Churchgate, Mumbai, also two years at SIES college at Sion, Mumbai and two years at St.Xaviers Technical Institute, Mahim, Mumbai. Did not obtain BE or BS but finished a diploma in electronics engg.

Worked at TIFR in space physics for a few months in Mumbai and designed one circuit. Migrated to USA and worked for Tellabs for 24 years in various roles starting as a technician, and then as an engineer in R&D, designed many telecommunication circuit boards, and firmware and managed a group of HW and SW engineers. Did systems engg, requirments, Business management, Marketing and my last position was in charge of about 60 to 70 people doing, product planning, systems engg, product marketing for a telecom optical switch product.

Retired at age 47 in July 2002 and now enjoy the free time. R2I club takes up quite a bit of it.

Name: Vipul Rajdev

Location: Gujarat

Contact email: [email][email protected][/email]

Contact phone #s: 732.593.8316 (US VoIP) and +91 98985 86888 (India)

General information: Married, one school-going kid. R2Ied in 2006.

Enjoy: Travel, current affairs, cricket, R2I discussions!

Name: Suri Amarnath
From: Schaumburg, IL (Suburb of Chicago)
Contact email: suriamarnath@yahoo.com

Contact phone #: 847-331-5170

General information:
37 yrs, have an 8-yr old daughter
IT Project Manager in a privately held concern

Enjoy: Cricket, Movies, Reading, Travel, R2ICLUB, did I say Cricket...

Name: Anant Aragula

From: San Jose, CA

Contact email: [email protected]

Cell: +91 961 134 4008
Res: +91 (080) 4164 9067

General Info - Married w/ 2 girls - 7 and 4.

Age - Feel like I'm in my early 30s instead of 44... one kid thinks I am 7 and the other thinks I'm 4!

Future plans/Goal - Grow the India based small business into a large sized operation (within its segment in the next 10 yrs) and/or diversify and add other small businesses (to the portfolio :))

Enjoy: Business, wine, food, short getaways w/ fmly or friends, and reading (which has been neglected of late)

Name: Sai Tallapaka

From: Bangalore

Contact email: [email][email protected][/email]

Mobile: +91.98862.30635
Home: +91.80.26963278

General Info - Married w/ 1 girl - 10 and 1 boy - 4.

Enjoy: Travel, dining, baseball, cricket, technology, time with kids/family

Name: Venky Nakhate
* Currently in Mumbai but spend 50% time in San Jose, CA
* Email: [email][email protected][/email]
* Ph: 98676-24174
650-396-7640(vonage - India)
650-215-8755 (Tmobile - USA)
General Info:

* Native of Mumbai, have lived in Bangalore(2 years), Bay area(10+ years), Portland(2 years)
* Single
* Basketball. learning Golf
* currently bored of bollywood and cricket :) due to an overdose.
* dabble in stocks and like to understand new trends in society
* current interest in mobile computing thru Ipad and smart phones.

Career:

* Software Consultant (Data and application Security )
* BE (Mumbai University)
* Worked and consulted for various companies in the Bay area lastly at Visa Inc.