Real estate portal CommonFloor appoints Ramathreya Krishnamurthi as president, business operations

Commonfloor.com, an online portal that combines property search with apartment management software, has brought on board Ramathreya Krishnamurthi as president, business operations.

Krishnamurthi  will lead business operations at CommonFloor and drive market leadership, business growth and profitability for the company. He will also contribute to strategic development and management of overall business.

Till recently, he was director,  product and business operations at Minglebox Communications, an educational website.

Sumit Jain, co-founder and CEO of CommonFloor, "His experience at successfully leading strategy and business across multiple industry verticals will play a crucial role in our efforts to achieve the next leap of growth."

Krishnamurthi said in a press statement, "Among all the players in the property search market, I found CommonFloor's model of combining property search with apartment management highly unique and relevant to customer requirements. I hope to propel the business to newer heights and make CommonFloor a household name in apartment living."

Over a career spanning close to 12 years, Krishnamurthi has worked for leading companies in the IT, financial advisory, renewables and Internet space in companies like Wipro, Aviva, Suzlon Energy and Times Group (magicbricks.com).

Krishnamurthi , who did his his Bachelors in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Queen's University, Canada.

CommonFloor was incubated in Morpheus startup accelerator and is funded by Accel Partners.

(Edited by Prem Udayabhanu)