Kamal Ahluwalia is vice president of business development for San Jose-based Selectica, Inc. In his business development role, Ahluwalia is a key architect behind Selectica's strategy of working with partners to target Fortune 1000 eBusiness opportunities across a wide range of industries. Ahluwalia graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Rookee in India with a degree in computer science. He subsequently earned a master's degree in computer science from Utah State University. Following a three-year stint as an engineer with Metaphor Computer Systems, Ahluwalia joined Apple Computer. He later joined Oracle Corp. to manage their wireless product line before starting his own strategic consulting firm. The company, called Content Switches, developed eBusiness stratefies for Fortune 500 companies and was acquired by Selectica in 1999.