V.A. Shiva
V.A. Shiva, also known as Dr. E-Mail, is the chairman and CEO of EchoMail, Inc. In 1977, while a sophomore in high school, Shiva created one of the world's first e-mail systems for which he was recognized with the prestigious Westinghouse Science Award. He completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on the field of pattern recognition, earning degrees in electrical engineering, mechanics and media arts and sciences. After graduation, Shiva founded EchoMail in 1994 to provide advanced business intelligence technologies for e- mail management. Shiva may be reached at mailto:vashiva@mit.edu.