# Krish Ramakrishnan

> Krish Ramakrishnan co-founded BlueJeans Network with Alagu Periyannan in 2009 and served as its founding CEO until 2017. Earlier, he led Internet Junction and Topspin, both acquired by Cisco. His public writing emphasizes questioning conventions, revising business plans and giving employees access to company decisions. Verizon acquired BlueJeans in 2020 and later retired the service.

- **Role:** Technology entrepreneur and executive
- **Organizations:** BlueJeans Network / BlueJeans by Verizon, Internet Junction, Topspin Communications, Cisco Systems, Norwest Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Bell Labs, Perkin-Elmer, PeerLogic, NET
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Madras, Master of Science in Computer Science, Monmouth University, Honorary Doctor of Business Administration, Monmouth University
- **Known for:** Led Internet Junction before its 1995 acquisition by Cisco., Led Topspin through a change in product direction and its 2005 acquisition by Cisco., Co-founded BlueJeans and served as CEO for its first eight years.

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Internet Junction founded; Ramakrishnan served as president and CEO.
- **1995** — Cisco announced its acquisition of Internet Junction in a stock transaction with an indicated value of $5.5 million.
- **2001** — Became CEO of Topspin Communications.
- **2005** — Cisco acquired Topspin; announced consideration was approximately $250 million in cash and options.
- **2009** — Co-founded BlueJeans with Alagu Periyannan.
- **2011** — BlueJeans emerged from stealth with $23.5 million in funding.
- **2017** — Moved from CEO to executive chairman as Quentin Gallivan became CEO.
- **2019** — Received an honorary doctorate from Monmouth University.
- **2020** — Verizon completed its acquisition of BlueJeans on May 15.

## Achievements

- Led Internet Junction before its 1995 acquisition by Cisco.
- Led Topspin through a change in product direction and its 2005 acquisition by Cisco.
- Co-founded BlueJeans and served as CEO for its first eight years.
- Received an honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Monmouth University in 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Verizon’s 2024 service guide records that BlueJeans was closed to new customers effective August 8, 2023; the company announced its sunset would conclude in the first half of 2024.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramakrishnan

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