Aravind Sampathkumaran (CPO)

James Dean, was born to be wild.
Salman Khan, was born to be jailed.
And Aravind, was born to break records.

It's a habit he first formed as a toddler, when he fell in love with the sound of a Sonny & Cher LP shattering on a mosaic floor.

In 1992, Aravind began his career by joining Wipro, and dropping Right Said Fred cassettes from Utility Building's 23rd floor. (He also won 3 Wipro performance awards, over the next 5 years.)

In 1997, he moved to Microsoft Corporation India, where he experimented with rolling CDs of Aqua's Barbie Girl single, under BMTC buses.

By the way, during his stint here, he went on to win:
Going the Extra Mile Award - MS India Top performer Award - Dec 2000;
Top Contributor Award by Bill Gates in July 2001;
Innovasia Award (presented by Mehdi, VP, MSN) in July 2002;

2003 saw Aravind move to the Microsoft Corporation offices in Redmond WA, to the accompaniment of a Celine Dion compilation disc meeting an SUV. (And a few years later, in 2005, he won the Moving Mountains Award for driving Distribution Strategy Review with MSFT leadership, along with another Gold Star award.)

Aravind finally decided to stop contributing to Bill Gates' wallet, and worry about his own bank account, for a change. So he's packed his duffel bag, trusty 8 lb. sledge, and his impeccable taste in music, and joined us here, at asklaila.com (As per contract, we have a whole storage closet full of Hanson albums ready and waiting for him.)