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{{short description|American businessman (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2011}}
{{About|the businesswoman|the civil rights attorney|Vanita Gupta}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vinita Gupta
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| nationality = American
| education = BE (Hons.) in Electronics and Communications Engineering; M.S. in Electrical Engineering
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]], [[University of California Los Angeles]]
| occupation = Founder and chairman of Quick Eagle Networks (previously Digital Link Corporation)
| known_for = First woman of Indian origin to take her company public in the US
| boards = [[Palo Alto Medical Foundation]], [[Indian School of Business]] and [[Cancer Prevention Institute of California]]
| spouse = Narendra Gupta
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|www.guptavinita.com}}
}}

'''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.<ref name=GEP>{{cite web |url= http://www.gepcon.org/bios/vinita-gupta.php |title=Vinita Gupta / Global Entrepreneurship Program |work=gepcon.org |access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Gupta was born in 1949 in [[India]] and spent her early years in [[Delhi]].<ref name="Distinguished Asian American business leaders">{{cite book|last=Hirahara|first=Naomi|title=Distinguished Asian American business leaders|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9781573563444|pages=242|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fN7_zps2kQUC&pg=PA67}}</ref> In 1973 she earned a bachelor's degree in electronics and communications from the University of Roorkee (now [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]]).<ref name="Distinguished Asian American business leaders"/> In 1974 she came to the United States<ref name=GEP/> and earned an M.S. in electrical engineering from [[University of California Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=164616 |title=Vinita Gupt: Executive Profile & Biography – BusinessWeek |work=investing.businessweek.com |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref>

== 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]]).<ref name="Distinguished Asian American business leaders"/>

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.<ref name=BusinessWeekCom>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=110219 |title=Quick Eagle Networks, Inc.: Private Company Information – BusinessWeek |work=investing.businessweek.com |access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> The company went public in 1994 and was later renamed as Quick Eagle Networks. Gupta still serves as chairman, chief executive officer and president.<ref name=BusinessWeekCom/>

Gupta also serves as chairman of [[Palo Alto Medical Foundation]] Research Institute.<ref name=GEP/><ref>{{cite web|title=Boards of Directors & Community Board of Trustees|url=http://www.pamf.org/about/board.html|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> She also serves on the board of [[Indian School of Business]] (ISB), Hyderabad<ref>{{cite web|title=ISB Governing board|url=http://www.isb.edu/KnowISB/GoverningBoard.Shtml|access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref> and [[Cancer Prevention Institute of California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cancer Prevention Institute of California Board of Trustees|url=http://www.cpic.org/site/c.skI0L6MKJpE/b.5730273/k.B1EF/Board_of_Trustees.htm#VGupta|access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

Gupta holds two US Patents, one for a [[solid state relay]] issued in 1984<ref>{{cite web|title=Solid state relay|url=http://ip.com/patent/CA1171922A|publisher=Canadian Patent Publication|access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref> and another for a square root circuit issued in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|title=Square root circuit|url=http://ip.com/patent/US4617427|publisher=US Patent Publication|access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

== Honors ==

For two consecutive years, ''Working Woman Magazine'' has named Digital Link one of the top 500 women-owned businesses in the United States.<ref name=businessWire>{{cite web|title=Digital Link CEO Recognized by Two Major Business Publications for Achievements as an Influential Businesswoman|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55008607.html|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=28 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She was 1999 honoree at Asian Pacific Fund.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.asianpacificfund.org/annual-campaign/1999-honoree-vinita-gupta |title=1999 Honoree – Vinita Gupta | Asian Pacific Fund |work=asianpacificfund.org |access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Gupta is married to Narendra Gupta, vice chairman and interim president and [[chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Wind River Systems]], and co-founder of Integrated Systems.<ref name=indusBusiness>{{cite web|last=Desmarais|first=Martin|title=Soaring with Quick Eagle|url=http://wwfefw.indusbusinessjournal.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=666843D150F74916AB0995C40B9A9435&AudID=utauffjvujpnjvs|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> Gupta has two daughters.<ref name="Distinguished Asian American business leaders"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:American business executives]]
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[[Category:Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee alumni]]
[[Category:UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni]]
[[Category:Nortel employees]]

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