Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000

Raj Shanmugaraj – Astral Point Communications Inc

RAJ SHANMUGARAJ, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Astral Point Communications, Inc., has more than 20 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications industries. Prior to founding Astral Point in September 1998, he served as Vice President of Systems Products at PictureTel, Vice President of Engineering at MultiLink (which was acquired by PictureTel) and Director at Motorola Codex. Mr. Shanmugaraj holds an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa and a BS in Electronics and Communications from the University of Madras. Profile
TWST: Could we start with some history and a quick overview of Astral

Point?

Mr. Shanmugaraj: The company was formed September 1998. We raised our

first round in January 1999. We spent a lot