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I first came to know Sanket Jain back when he was working for Matt Vernhout. After I joined Maropost and Matt left that company, I was very fortunate to be contacted by Sanket asking if I knew of any job opportunities at the same time that we had decided to expand Maropost's Deliverability department beyond myself. I was very glad we hired Sanket when we did. He was my first-ever employee, but he felt to me much more like a colleague, a partner - a true peer and equal - than a "subordinate."
Even though we worked thousands of miles away from each other, and only spent a few days together at one conference, I felt like I got to know him very well. I greatly appreciated his knowledge, his intelligence, his cheerfulness, and his eagerness to always do his best for our clients. He was always coming up with good ideas. He was also a great source of feedback about my ideas as well as those of the others in our department, so we could try to make sure we were on the right track. He was a consummate professional. I cannot imagine a more ideal co-worker. If he was as good a husband and son as he was an employee, then I'm sure we can only regret that we did not get to spend more time with him. At the same time, I am most grateful for the time I did get to spend with him, and all that I was able to learn from him. He made everyone else around him better at what they did, and was an example for us all to follow. I know that he was widely liked, respected, and admired by his clients and colleagues, and we all find it most shocking to realize that he is no longer with us.
I wish there had been some sort of early warning sign that could have been acted on sooner so that we could still have Sanket with us, but I have no idea what that could possibly have been. We all must die eventually, but he was truly much too young to die, and had too much to live for.
Since my wife's condition is a chronic one that can only be alleviated by an organ transplant, I was especially moved to learn that Sanket was able to give the gift of life to others, even through his death, by donating his organs. He will live on not only in our memories, but in the longer and better lives that others will be able to live thanks to him.
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