Testimonials

Dr. Krishnan's Testimonials

“Krish is a fantastic executive. He is results-oriented and commands deep respect among his coworkers. Krish is able to fill many roles -- products, engineering, general management.”
February 8, 2007
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity

Maha Ibrahim, Partner (Canaan Ventures)

“I have known Dr. Krishnan (Krish) since 1996 when he was running his first company, Intelligent Software Solutions. Most recently, he consulted for one of our portfolio companies which was going through a difficult phase in its growth. In a very short time, Krish helped restructure the technical and operational arm of the organization, implemented processes and significantly improved morale. This resulted in significantly improved execution, transparency and employee retention. Most importantly, Krish has a fairly unique skill set that I have seldom seen in my 20+ years in the venture capital business. He has very strong technical skills but also has good business/market judgment as well as strong people skills. This combination of talents makes him a very strong operating executive. I would give Krish the highest possible recommendation and I am happy to chat further about if that is helpful.”
November 15, 2006

Bret Maxwell, Managing General Partner (MK Capital)

“Dr. Krishnan is a highly skilled senior executive who raises the performance level of other executives. He creates high performance teams through motivation and clarity of thought and is a key person driving business success. He always demonstrates professionalism in every facet of business and has a demonstrated record of success as a CEO. He has helped me organize, restructure and significantly improve morale in a fast moving start-up. I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Krishnan.” November 7, 2006

Al Ramirez, Principal, (ANR Resources)

“At a time when the rest of the world was losing it's shirt, Krish did a great job for his investors at Zetta and delivered an excellent return!” May 11, 2006

Jerry Kaplan (Investor)

“I invested in Zetta systems and received a handsome profit when the company was acquired. This was thanks to Krish, who founded Zetta and is the brains behind both the technology and the business.”
April 25, 2006

Arthur Champernowne (Investor)

“I have known Krish for several years now, helping him build the team at Zetta Systems which was acquired by Overland Storage. Krish has always been a visionary businessman, very well-respected by his peers and employees, and working with him has always been a true pleasure.”
April 24, 2006

Suzy Tonini, Internet Research Specialist (Top Linked.com)

“Ganapathy Krishnan is a brilliant strategist, visionary and tactician. I heartily endorse his work ethic and his sense of honor. He is hard working and effective. Krish maintains an engaging charm and is firmly grounded. He is a treasure to know as a business owner, he's "aces" at raising capital and finally a consummate team builder. Kudos to any company associated with him.” April 22, 2006

Linda Cadigan, Business Development Manager (Applabs)

“Krish has a great combination of business acumen and technical expertise. He is a strong leader, has an exceptional work ethic, and inspires his employees to do the best job possible. It was a pleasure to work for Krish at MusicNet. With his open door policy, he was always available for advice and counsel.”

Brenda Ding, Technical Consultant, (OTB Solutions)

“Krish is an invigorating, technical leader that speaks softly, sets expectations and carries a big, intellectual stick. He consistently demonstrates leadership; People follow because it makes sense rather than because he's the guy in charge.”

Scott Sullivan, Director of QA (Sprout Systems)

“Krish had to constantly adapt and adjust to the changing environment of a start-up. I was the most impressed with his personal courage. He laid out strong direction, yet was open to feedback. Krish is one of the brightest, hardest-working individuals I've ever had the pleasure of working for.”

Sorin Jianu, Software Engineer (Google)

“Krish was an outstanding asset to Musicnet, he grew an immature organization into a very well run Development and IT workplace. Krish has very strong technical and people skills and it would be a pleasure to work with him again.”

Sanjay Anand (VP Operations, Classmates.com)

“I have known Krish for nearly ten years and in my time in the high tech world, he’s one of most visionary product innovators I've ever met. He has a great ability to see a market, find an underserved niche and successfully develop and market a product to exploit it and satisfy customer needs. His track record of success is impressive and speaks for itself.”

Todd Terbeek (Vice President, Lockdown Networks)

“At Network Commerce, Krish was charged with developing a series of cutting edge solutions at a breakneck pace, and was able to deliver excellence in these projects despite limited dev resources.”

Othniel Palomino, COO (Jookster Networks)

“Dr. Krishnan's intelligent and articulate style of leadership encourages employees to give 110%. His ability to provide clear understanding of the technical aspects of a project to executives and managers is exceptional. His visionary style and technical expertise were key to the integration and development of NWKC and the numerous acquisitions he oversaw.”

Val Sanford, Director of Product Management (Zango)

John Guthrie Testimonials

John is a top-notch architect and developer, and a great team player. He played a key role in defining reusable technologies to support our various web applications at Network Commerce.”

Robert Lockwood, Program Manager (Nordstrom)

“If there is a genius among the geniuses it is John. Everyone I know who knew about John will not disagree with that. It is that plain simple. John was the few technologist who can actually turn an idea into a real product... oh yea on time and in budget of course. And did I mention he always had all these craziest ideas that actually turned out to be some of the greatest ideas, too. After Network Commerce, I have tried multiple times to hire John but he seems to be able start a successful venture after venture and he was a people's person, too... just ask anyone who has worked with him. He is amazingly versatile, too. Any company John works for can really save money when it comes to Christmas ball or party time... :) John is one of the greatest pianist I've ever met... I guess that kind of explain he was a great programmer too because he is soooo good with "keyboard".”

Andy Chau, Vice President (Hypercom Corporation)

“John is a very talented and bright software architect. I have worked as software engineer under John at various companies. His insight into the future technology trend and his guidance helps me greatly in finding the right tools and techniques for software implementation. He also set the good coding standard for others to follow and he is not shy from sharing his knowledge to others. It was a great pleasure to work with John.”

Lawrence Yu, Senior Software Engineer (Weyerhauser)

“John is an exceptionally talented individual with a wide range of deep knowledge across computer technologies. With his strong business and technology senses, he has demonstrated a superb ability to put his technical skills into business implementations. He is also a very detail oriented architect with an ability to solve the most complex problems with highly scalable solutions. Additionally, John has displayed strong leadership and management skills which are invaluable for any companies from startup to established. It was my pleasure to have closely worked with him in NetworkCommerce and Zetta Systems for over 8 years. I highly recommend John.”

Stanley Wang, Chief Architect (Movaya Wireless)

“I came to rely on John for solving difficult problems and for delivering the impossible. John is thorough and disciplined in his approach to developing solutions, but also knows we need to meet our business objectives. He comes to the table with an expectation of success and will work to innovate new solutions to business problems. I would welcome the chance to work with him again.”

Val Sanford, Director of Product Management (Zango)

“John was an extremely bright individual and an out of the box thinker. For John and luckily the requestor, no problem was unsolvable. Given the time to do the work, John would provide a quality solution that worked right out of the box. Besides his technical skills, he's also the kind of guy that generally makes a place more pleasant to be at.”

Ken Pohl, Software Consultant

“John was our primary go-to guy on the development team from the time we were a start-up through the company's IPO. He took on the most difficult challenges and got his work done quickly and with high quality. John is a very versatile player and can work well with either a start-up or established company.”

Othniel Palomino, COO (Jookster Networks)

“You know those rare people who made "work" educational and often enjoyable? Those people who are constantly learning and eager to help others learn? The kind of person who is so productive they pull the team along, driving others to exceed their own expectations? A person you'd really like to work with again? If you've ever worked with one of these priceless humans, then you already know John.”

Scott Sullivan, Dir. Of QA (Sprout Systems)

“I had the pleasure of working with John at Network Commerce, Inc where he served as our Senior Architect. John is an outstanding visionary developer who works well with others. He would be a great addition to any team. I am honored to offer my positive recommendation of Johns work.”

Joan Wright, VP of HR and Corporate Operations (Tommy Bahama)

“John is exceptionally intelligent and an supremely capable software developer and architect. He designs well thought out solutions to the problem at hand yet keeps the architecture flexible enough to meet new goals. It was a pleasure working with John.”

Scott Oyler, Consultant (OTB Solutions)