Vikram Chalana is co-founder and chief technology officer of Winshuttle. As CTO, he is ultimately responsible for spearheading the current and future direction of the company's technology offerings. Vikram has spent several years in the software industry concentrating on data mining and business intelligence applications. His primary focus the last few years has been on applications that enable SAP users to greatly improve their ability to integrate and migrate data. Vikram is a published author of more than 20 papers and presentations, and holds more than a dozen US and international patents. Vikram earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India and a doctorate of philosophy in bioengineering with minors in electrical engineering, computer science and statistics from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA