Girish Popatlal Shah

Background

Shah, Girish Popatlal was born on April 11, 1942 in Junagadh, India. Son of Popatlal Gulabchand and Lalitaben Popatlas (Kamdar) Shah. came to the United States, 1963.

Education

Bachelor in Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1963. Master of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1965.

Career

Project analyst, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1965-1967; vice president, Optimun Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, 1967-1972; president, Banking Systems International Corporation, Jakarta, Indonesia and Campbell, California, 1972-1976; director software services, Tymshare Transactions Services, San Francisco, 1980-1983; senior scientist, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Fremont, California, 1984-1986; director corporation development, Sysorex International, Inc., Cupertino, California, 1986-1987; vice president, Sysorex International, Inc., Mountain View, California, 1987-1996; senior vice president, Sysorex Information Systems Inc., Mountain View, 1987-1991; executive consultant, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Mountain View, since 1996.

Achievements

• Girish Popatlal Shah has been listed as a noteworthy information technology consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory board Goodwill Industries, San Francisco, 1980—1982. Board director Gujarate Cultural Association, 1982. City governor Federation Indo-American Associations, Fremont, California, 1991—1995.

Chairman temple board director Jain Center, 1990—1994. Co-chairman Jaina Convention, 1991—1994. Member president council Federation Jain Associate North America, 1995—2001, vice president, 1999—2001, treasurer, 2001—2003.

Member Jaina Charitable Trust, since 1995. Board director Jain Center Northern California, 1996—2002, executive committee, 1999—2002, president, since 2006. Co-convener Jaina Convention, 2004—2005.

Member Association Indians in American (vice president 1980).

Connections

Son of; married Devmani Manilal Jhaveri, June 18, 1968. Children: Nivisha, Munjal, Bhavin.

Father:

Popatlal Gulabchand Shah

Mother:

Lalitaben Popatlas (Kamdar) Shah

Spouse:

DevmaniManilal Jhaveri

child:

Bhavin Shah

child:

Nivisha Shah

child:

Munjal Shah