Gurvinder Singh, PhD, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 1979; MS, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 1976. Director, NCI Information Systems; Former President, and CEO, Karta Technologies
In 1986, Dr. Singh, a native of India, founded Karta Technologies, a San Antonio, Texas-based technology and professional services firm, in his garage as a government contractor. Dr. Singh expanded Karta from a one-man operation to a highly successful firm that employed close to 400 employees at the time of its purchase by NCI Information Systems, Inc. in 2007. After the acquisition, Dr. Singh was elected to NCI's Board of Directors. Before founding Karta, Dr. Singh was an engineering faculty member at the University of Texas, San Antonio. He has published over 50 technical papers and numerous reports related to power plant maintenance and operations, and he holds, or co-holds, six patents. From 1996 to 2003, Karta Technologies received the "Fast Track Award" by the San Antonio Business Journal as one of the "50 Fastest Growing Companies in San Antonio," and in 2002, Karta received the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Tibbets Award" for being a "model of excellence." In 2008, he was inducted into the San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative Technology Hall of Fame. Dr. Singh currently spends his time investing in startup companies and nonprofit organizations in the San Antonio area.
May 2009
Gurvinder Singh '76