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Prior to joining DFJ, Ms. Krishnan worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft on WinFS - a new storage system for next generation Windows PCs.
She defined the product design for storage and search capabilities, managed cross-functional teams, and worked with leading media software and document management companies to persuade them to adopt WinFS.
Ms. Krishnan was selected into the Microsoft Select Fast-track Program as one of 15 employees who demonstrated potential to be future leaders at the company.
She also worked at McKinsey & Company in their Philadelphia office, at Internet Capital Group and at Novell Software Development Ltd in India.
Ms. Krishnan holds an MBA from the Wharton School where she graduated as a Palmer Scholar.
She has an MS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she was a Siebel Scholar, and received the C.W.Gear Outstanding Graduate Student award for research and service.
Ms. Krishnan holds a B.E.
in Computer Science from BITS, Pilani, India where she received the University Fellowship awarded to the top 10 undergraduates each semester.
She was also awarded the BITS Alumni Association's "30 under 30" award.
Prasanna Krishnan active positions
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SmartyPAL Inc.
![]() SmartyPAL Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartyPal, Inc. provides cloud based platform for context-based and personalized learning through gamified storie. The company was founded by Prasanna Krishnan, Lakshmi Sudarsan, Keith Gornish, and Kartik Hosanagar and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. | Founder | - |
Former positions of Prasanna Krishnan
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Threshold Ventures, Inc.
![]() Threshold Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Private Equity Analyst | 2010-06-29 |
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Threshold Ventures, Inc.
![]() Threshold Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
SmartyPAL Inc.
![]() SmartyPAL Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartyPal, Inc. provides cloud based platform for context-based and personalized learning through gamified storie. The company was founded by Prasanna Krishnan, Lakshmi Sudarsan, Keith Gornish, and Kartik Hosanagar and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. | Technology Services |
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