Murali Krishnan

Murali Krishnan is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) for RapL Inc. Murali is passionate about learning and teaching, and use of technology to accelerate human skill development. He hired and led global software teams at Microsoft Corp., Starbucks Coffee Company, and startup companies spanning the consumer and enterprise business.

Murali was the VP for Starbucks Digital Platform, enabling millions of mobile orders and payments for Starbucks customers. At Microsoft, Murali held Director and Product ownership responsibilities at Microsoft leading the development of eCommerce platform, app stores, Subscriptions, Payments, mobile billing, big data, AI, and Anti-Fraud systems.

Murali holds an MS in Computer Science (University of Wisconsin, USA), and a BE in Computer Science and Engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India.