Founders and Management
| Krishnamurthy Lakshminarayanappa Krishnamurthy is a Co-founder and was a Director of Collaborative Infotech Systems Private Limited. Upon conversion to LLP, he serves as a Designated Partner. Krishnamurthy has about three decades of experience in government administration. He retired from Government service as the Assistant Administrative Officer in the Police Department of Government of Karnataka. He manages the Finance and Software Delivery activities of the COLLABORATIVE INFOTECH SYSTEMS. He has also co-founded Fee Plaza LLP (FinTech). He has a graduate degree in Commerce and has successfully completed General Law courses. He has co-founded Fee Plaza LLP in 2016. | Nagaraja Murthy Lakshminarayanappa Nagaraja Murthy is a Co-founder and was a Director of Collaborative Infotech Systems Private Limited.Upon conversion to LLP, he serves as a Partner. Nagaraja Murthy was the Karnataka Administration Services cadre officer with Government of Karnataka, India. He retired from the Government service as the Director of Vocational Education. At COLLABORATIVE INFOTECH SYSTEMS, he manages business development and alliances. He consults in the area of ISO implementation, AICTE certification for academic institutions and in other areas.He has been a part of IQuity, an initiative for quality management in higher education and provides advisory services to higher education institutes in qualifying for quality certifications and accreditations. Nagaraja Murthy has a Bachelors Degree in Science and Masters in Education from India. | Susheela Rangappa Ms. Susheela Rangappa was a primary education teacher for many years, before she co-founded COLLABORATIVE INFOTECH SYSTEMS Private Limited. She oversaw the Finance and Administration aspects of the Company and was Director from the inception of the Company till July 2011. Upon conversion to LLP, she serves as a Partner. | Venkatesh Krishnamurthy Venkatesh was a Director on the Board of Collaborative Infotech Systems Private Limited. Upon conversion to LLP, he serves as a Designated Partner. Venkatesh has also co-founded Fee Plaza LLP (Fintech). He has excelled in many lines of Information Technology industry in India and abroad, since 1995. He was employed in senior roles in Yahoo! India SDC, Adobe India, Aventail (part of Dell), Wipro Limited, Infosys Technologies Limited and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). An expert of IT product engineering and IT globalization, he has been responsible for simultaneous product releases in 17 languages.He is an alumnus of Aix Marseille University, France (DESU). He has taught / teaches many technology-business courses at many higher education institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Management, IIITB, in India and abroad.Venkatesh is the author of the best seller books “Marketing of Information Technology” ISBN 9780070248724 published by McGraw-Hill, “Create Profitable Products” ISBN 9789352127832 and A Comprehensive Guide to ECommerce ISBN 9789352685998. |
| Sharad Nalawade Head of Enterprise IT Architecture business Sharad Nalawade has worked earlier with Cisco, Symantec, Accenture, Wipro and many other enterprises, in global strategic roles. He has graduate degrees in Science and Engineering. A well known popular physicist, he is a best-selling author of the books “The Speed of Time”, “Physics for backbenchers” and “Journey to the edge of the Universe”. | Dr. Manas Das Head of Human Resources Practice Dr. Das has earned MA in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India and a Ph.D from the University of Texas. He has a patented HR model. An expert in HR, he has worked with many multinational corporations and | Satish Joshi Head of Media and Communications Practice Satish Joshi has vast experience in media and communication. He has created communication content for various education institutes, corporate entities, advertisement, movies and tele-serials. | Krishna (Krish) Joshi AV communication expert Krish Joshi is an independent film maker. He, along with Satish Joshi, works on content creation, narration & visualization, for multiple activities such as advertisements, events, movies and documentaries. |