Startup dreams and some spicy Indian cooking
I just had the most surreal experience. I was able to hook up with an old friend from our days working at a software company in Santa Cruz, California. His name is Sanjay Manchanda and the company we worked for was called Santa Cruz Operation or SCO. It’s been 20 years since I was living and working in Silicon Valley (e.g., Cupertino, San Jose and Santa Cruz). That was a five year period of my life (after moving from Pennsylvania) that I’ll never forget both for personal and for professional reasons.
Sanjay and I had the good fortune to travel to London at the same time, he for Box (VP Product Marketing) and I for BBVA (Ecosystem Builder). It was pretty amazing seeing him again after so many years. He still has the same calm, self-assured way about him and hasn’t lost his sense of humor and enjoyment of life (e.g., he’s always been a jazz enthusiast and a great cook).