Murali Narayanan
Consultant / Advisor at Naya Ventures LLC
Profile
An advisor to Naya Ventures and to some of its portfolio companies since 2012, Murali Narayanan is an innovator at heart who holds 8 patents in his name till date.
Starting his career at Bell Laboratories in the mid-70s as a fault tolerant computer architect and designer, Murali held senior management positions across several major companies such as Microsoft besides leading many startups throughout his career.
Until his retirement in 2018, Murali was with Planet Labs as an advisor to the company’s CTO.
Before joining Planet, he was a consultant with AT&T IoT Solutions group and drove the development of wireless communication capabilities to meet the needs of auto manufacturers building autonomous vehicles.
Murali has an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Business, MSEE from University of Michigan, BSEE from Indian Institute of Science and BS in Physics from University of Madras (now Chennai).
He is an avid nature photographer and lives with his wife Mythili and daughter Priya in Redmond, WA.
Murali Narayanan active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Naya Ventures LLC
 Naya Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Dallas Venture Capital LLC (Dallas Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Prabhakar Reddy, Abidali Z. Neemuchwala, and Dayakar Puskoor. The firm is headquartered in Irving, Texas. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/09/2020 |
Former positions of Murali Narayanan
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Planet Labs, Inc.
 Planet Labs, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Planet Labs, Inc. operates earth-imaging satellites. The firm offers its imaging services for logistics, site development, crop monitoring, urbanization, natural resources, and asset management applications. The company was founded by William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler, Jr. and Christopher R. Boshuizen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/07/2018 |
Solopoint.com, Inc.
 Solopoint.com, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Solopoint.com, Inc.designs, develops and markets innovative and easy-to-use personal communications management that connect people more effectively. The company markets its current products to customers of the residential regional bell operating companies and local exchange carriers, small officer home officer professionals and professionals in corporate satellite offices. The company currently offers three products: SmartScreen, it allows a residential RBOC or LEC voice mail customer to locally screen an incoming call and take the call, it desired; SmartMonitor, It allows a mobile professional to remotely monitor and take officer calls from a cellular and PCS phone; and SmartCenter, it provides a feature rich call management environment for SOHO professionals and professionals in corporate satellite offices. It was founded on March 26, 1993 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL. | Director/Board Member | 28/12/2010 |
| MITEK SYSTEMS, INC. | Sales & Marketing | - |
Training of Murali Narayanan
| Kellogg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
| University of Michigan | Graduate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Science | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| MITEK SYSTEMS, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 3 |
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Solopoint.com, Inc.
Solopoint.com, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Solopoint.com, Inc.designs, develops and markets innovative and easy-to-use personal communications management that connect people more effectively. The company markets its current products to customers of the residential regional bell operating companies and local exchange carriers, small officer home officer professionals and professionals in corporate satellite offices. The company currently offers three products: SmartScreen, it allows a residential RBOC or LEC voice mail customer to locally screen an incoming call and take the call, it desired; SmartMonitor, It allows a mobile professional to remotely monitor and take officer calls from a cellular and PCS phone; and SmartCenter, it provides a feature rich call management environment for SOHO professionals and professionals in corporate satellite offices. It was founded on March 26, 1993 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL. | Technology Services |
Naya Ventures LLC
Naya Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Dallas Venture Capital LLC (Dallas Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Prabhakar Reddy, Abidali Z. Neemuchwala, and Dayakar Puskoor. The firm is headquartered in Irving, Texas. | Finance |
Planet Labs, Inc.
Planet Labs, Inc. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Planet Labs, Inc. operates earth-imaging satellites. The firm offers its imaging services for logistics, site development, crop monitoring, urbanization, natural resources, and asset management applications. The company was founded by William S. Marshall, Robert H. Schingler, Jr. and Christopher R. Boshuizen in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Industrial Services |
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