Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri

Current

• Member, Board of Directors at Cirtas Systems, Inc
• Member, Board of Directors at TechForward, Inc
• Member, Board of Directors at Mashlogic.com

• Member, Board of Directors at Huddler.com
• member of the Board of Directors at Vuclip
• Member, Board of Directors at Oanda
• Member, Board of Directors at Novatium
• Member, Board of Directors at Teracent
• Member, Board of Directors at RingCube Technologies
• Member, Board of Directors at WeatherBill
• General Partner at New Enterprise Associates

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Past

• Executive Chairman at Force10 Networks
• Chairman at Force 10 Networks
• Member, Board of Directors at Plusmo

• Member, Board of Directors at SnapTell
• Member, Board of Directors at PortAuthority Technologies (Websense)
• EVP & GM, Security Products at Juniper Networks
• EVP & GM, Secure Access Products at Netscreen Technologies
• President & CEO at Neoteris, Inc.
• Corporate Vice President & GM at Healtheon/WebMD
• Senior Engineering Manager at SGI
• Senior Manager at Silicon Graphics

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Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo
• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Recommended

6 people have recommended Krishna 'Kittu'

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Company

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Summary

Venture Capitalist. Sectors of interest include consumer internet, enterprise infrastructure, alternate energy. Invest in early stage and growth stage. Strategic geographies include U.S. and India. Opportunistically invest in Europe.

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Specialties:

Infrastructure software and hardware, computer & network security, Internet

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Experience

• Member, Board of Directors

  Cirtas Systems, Inc

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Member, Board of Directors

  TechForward, Inc

  (Financial Services industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Member, Board of Directors

  Mashlogic.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Member, Board of Directors

  Huddler.com

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• member of the Board of Directors

  Vuclip

  (Privately Held; Wireless industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Member, Board of Directors

  Oanda

  (Financial Services industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

• Member, Board of Directors

  Novatium

  (Internet industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

• Member, Board of Directors

  Teracent

  (Internet industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)

• Member, Board of Directors

  RingCube Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• Member, Board of Directors

  WeatherBill

  (Financial Services industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

• General Partner

  New Enterprise Associates

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Financial partnership in early stage venture capital and late stage venture growth equity opportunities.

• Executive Chairman

  Force10 Networks

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2008 — March 2009 (1 year )

• Chairman

  Force 10 Networks

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

• Member, Board of Directors

  Plusmo

  (Internet industry)

  October 2007 — 2009 (2 years )

• Member, Board of Directors

  SnapTell

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2006 — 2009 (3 years )

• Member, Board of Directors

  PortAuthority Technologies (Websense)

  (Public Company; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• EVP & GM, Security Products

  Juniper Networks

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; JNPR; Computer Networking industry)

  April 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 9 months)

• EVP & GM, Secure Access Products

  Netscreen Technologies

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; NSCN; Computer & Network Security industry)

  November 2003 — April 2004 (6 months)

• President & CEO

  Neoteris, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  March 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 9 months)

• Corporate Vice President & GM

  Healtheon/WebMD

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HLTH; Information Services industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years )

• Senior Engineering Manager

  SGI

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years )

• Senior Manager

  Silicon Graphics

  (Public Company; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  1990 — 1996 (6 years )

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Education

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  M.S. , Operations Research , 1987 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2007

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  B. Tech. , Mechanical Engineering , 1982 — 1986

  Activities and Societies:

  Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2005

Additional Information

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Websites:

• My Company

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Interests:

golf, music, photography

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Groups:

TiE, IIT Madras Alumni Association

•    IIT Alumni
•    IITM Business Network - Building Global Relations
•    RingCube
•    Band of Investors

Krishna 'Kittu' Kolluri’s Honors:

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2005
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University at Buffalo, 2007

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