Gaurav Dhillon
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Gaurav Dhillon is the Chairman and CEO of SnapLogic
, an enterprise application and data integration software development company that helps organizations connect business applications and Web services. An early investor in SnapLogic, Gaurav joined as CEO in 2009.
Gaurav is also the chairman and founder of online movie site Jaman
. Based in San Mateo, California, Jaman enables users to download full-length feature films to their computers, using the company's proprietary video player. In May of 2007, Gaurav was recognized by Variety Magazine in its Fest Zest 60 List "Faces to watch for the Cannes Film Festivals 60th Anniversary."
Gaurav was the co-founder and former CEO of Informatica Corporation, a company whose market cap exceeded a billion dollars, 2006, on the Nasdaq
. Forbes magazine said, in 2001, that Informatica “has become Silicon Valley’s latest darling; the phrase “the next Microsoft” has been also used by Forbes magazine. Over 12 years, Gaurav led Informatica from a startup idea to a leading worldwide software enterprise – ultimately forging a broad acceptance of the vision he pioneered.
Prior to Informatica, Gaurav held management and engineering positions at Sterling Software and Unisys Corp.
He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
SnapLogic
SnapLogic is a commercial software company that provides data and application integration tools for connecting Cloud data sources, SAAS applications and on-premise business applications. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, USA, SnapLogic was founded in 2006...
, an enterprise application and data integration software development company that helps organizations connect business applications and Web services. An early investor in SnapLogic, Gaurav joined as CEO in 2009.
Gaurav is also the chairman and founder of online movie site Jaman
Jaman
Jaman is a company that offers view on demand of media on the internet. It allows viewing on a variety of platforms via a downloadable P2P client. It specializes in foreign films...
. Based in San Mateo, California, Jaman enables users to download full-length feature films to their computers, using the company's proprietary video player. In May of 2007, Gaurav was recognized by Variety Magazine in its Fest Zest 60 List "Faces to watch for the Cannes Film Festivals 60th Anniversary."
Gaurav was the co-founder and former CEO of Informatica Corporation, a company whose market cap exceeded a billion dollars, 2006, on the Nasdaq
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
. Forbes magazine said, in 2001, that Informatica “has become Silicon Valley’s latest darling; the phrase “the next Microsoft” has been also used by Forbes magazine. Over 12 years, Gaurav led Informatica from a startup idea to a leading worldwide software enterprise – ultimately forging a broad acceptance of the vision he pioneered.
Prior to Informatica, Gaurav held management and engineering positions at Sterling Software and Unisys Corp.
He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
External links
- Official SnapLogic bio
- Video of Gaurav presenting at the GigaOm Structure 2011 conference
- GigaOm article by Gaurav regarding social media data in the enterprise
- Forbes.com interview with Gaurav for series on disruptive tech leaders in cloud computing
- Forbes article about Informatica
- Tribune India article on Gaurav Dhillon
- ZDnet video interview with Gaurav Dhillon
- Intelligent Enterprise audio interview with Gaurav Dhillon
- Computerworld interview with Gaurav Dhillon about data sharing
- San Francisco Business Journal interview with Gaurav Dhillon about Informatica Corporation
- DM Review interview with Gaurav Dhillon about Informatica Corporation
- Interview with Gaurav Dhillon