Raj initially began his time at the University of Washington as a PhD student in their computer science department. He credits this environment as his first real encounter of the entrepreneurial or startup culture. This is also in the timeframe when the Internet began to pick up steam. SM: What was that like, being a
In this next segment, Raj discusses his school career. He again claims to be the recipient of good fortune and a bit of luck in terms of getting unique student jobs and positions which helped him develop his technical skills. SM: What was your experience like at UC Berkeley? RV: While I was at Cal,
Raj Vaswani is currently the Chief Technology Officer with Silver Spring Networks. Equally as important and interesting for my audience is that he also has completed an Entrepreneur-in-Residence program with Foundation Capital. While I did discuss his overall background, as well as his role in founding Silver Spring Networks, Raj also provided some good insights