The document summarizes Vinita Gupta, an Indian-born American businesswoman who is the founder and chairman of Digital Link Corporation. Some key details: - She is credited with being the first woman of Indian origin to take her company public in the United States. - She founded Digital Link Corporation in 1985, which later went public in 1994 and was renamed Quick Eagle Networks. She still serves as chairman, CEO and president. - Gupta holds two US patents and has received honors including being named to lists of top women-owned businesses in the US.

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Vinita Gupta
Founder and Chairman of Digital Link Corporation
Vinita Gupta (born 1949) is an Indian-born American businesswoman.
She is the founder and chairman of Digital Link Corporation (now Quick
Eagle Networks). She is credited with being the first woman of Indian
origin to take her company public in the United States.
Early life and Education
Gupta was born in 1949 in India and spent her early years in Delhi. In
1973 she earned a bachelor's degree in electronics and communications from the University of
Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee). In 1974 she came to the United States and
earned an M.S. in electrical engineering from University of California Los Angeles.
Career
In her early career, Gupta worked as an engineer for GTE Lenkurt and later held engineering
management positions at Bell Northern Research (now part of Nortel Networks).
In May 1985 Gupta founded Digital Link Corporation, a company which engaged in the design,
manufacture, marketing, and support of digital wide-area network access products for global
networks. The company went public in 1994 and was later renamed as Quick Eagle Networks. Gupta
still serves as chairman, chief executive officer and president.
Gupta also serves as chairman of Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute. She also serves on
the board of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad andCancer Prevention Institute of California.
Gupta holds two US Patents, one for a solid state relay issued in 1984 and another for a square root
circuit issued in 1986.
Honors
For two consecutive years, Working Woman Magazine has named Digital Link one of the top 500
women-owned businesses in the United States. She was 1999 honoree at Asian Pacific Fund.
Personal Life
 Gupta is married to Narendra Gupta, vice chairman and interim president and CEO of Wind
River Systems, and co-founder of Integrated Systems. Gupta has two daughters.