Originally from India, Chitra graduated from North Dakota State University with a Masters in Computer Science. She also has an honors diploma in software engineering. Before joining Allegiance, she developed an online database application for the Veterinary and Microbiology department at NDSU. Chitra and her husband, who works at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, have two daughters – one at Concordia and one at Washington University, St. Louis. In her spare time, Chitra enjoys gardening, house-keeping, cooking and, of course programming.