Who We Are
RentExpert was founded by serial entrepreneurs, Dr. Ganapathy Krishnan, John Guthrie, and Kalyani Krishnan. All of us have families and we realized that it was no fun staying in a hotel room, despite the fancy front lobby. We also realized how difficult it was to book a vacation home successfully. This led to the idea of creating a powerful website that is valuable not only to property owners but also to renters.
Dr. Ganapathy Krishnan, co-founder, President & CEO
Krish is a graduate of IIT Chennai in India and has two Masters degrees and a PhD in Computer Science. He taught Computer Science for 8 years at Stetson University before he became an entrepreneur. Krish founded Intelligent Software Solutions, a leader in license management software, and sold it successfully to Network Commerce. He was CTO and EVP at Network Commerce for over 4 years. He then joined MusicNet (now MediaNet) as CTO and SVP and was responsible for the large scale deployment of MusicNet’s infrastructure with AOL and Real Networks. Following that, he co-founded Zetta Systems with John Guthrie and Kalyani Krishnan and sold it successfully to Overland Storage. He is an advisor to RNA Networks which was just funded by Menlo Ventures and also an advisor to several other startup companies. He is an active angel investor, member of TIE Seattle and a limited partner in Divergent Partners, LLC.
John Guthrie, co-founder, CTO and VP Products
John started working with Dr. Krishnan at Intelligent Software Solutions and was part of the team that was acquired by Network Commerce. As Chief Architect, he was responsible for scaling the web architecture of Network Architecture to thousands of servers. John then worked at Cobalt Networks as Senior Architect and then co-founded Zetta Systems with Dr. Krishnan.
Kalyani Krishnan, co-founder and VP Finance
Kalyani has a Masters in Accounting from Mumbai University, India and a MBA in General Business from Stetson University. She was responsible for managing the finances and operations of both Intelligent Software Solutions and Zetta Systems, Inc. She leveraged her strong financial skills at both startup companies. In addition, she managed the due diligence process and negotiated the merger and sale of both companies.