Kish Rajan is the director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). Appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2012, Rajan is charged with enhancing California's job creation effort by streamlining business regulations, promoting statewide economic development and fostering greater international trade opportunities. Prior to leading GO-Biz, Rajan was a Walnut Creek councilman. Drawing on his political and business experience, Rajan became a regional leader who advocated for transportation improvement, education and economic development. In the private sector, he was a business development executive in the mobile technology arena, managing vital business partnerships that created hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars of shareholder value. Rajan began his public-sector career on Capitol Hill as an aide first to U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and later to Phil Angelides, who became California treasurer. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Rajan holds a law degree.