Leadership and Experience.

Kirk Krappe
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Kirk is a veteran of Enterprise Software, having been involved in the very first instances of the internet and enterprise applications. Kirk has extensive experience marketing, selling and delivering enterprise solutions to organizations, worldwide. Previous to Apttus, Kirk held the role of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Markets with I-many, where he managed Sales, Marketing, Business development and International.

Additionally, Kirk was Chief Executive Officer of Nextance, a privately-held contract management solutions provider and earlier in his career, he was the Senior Vice President at Corio through its initial public offering where he pioneered the original concept of ASP before it became mainstream. Kirk also served as Vice President of Solutions Marketing with Oracle and Vice President of Industry Solutions with Siebel Systems. Earlier in his career, he was with Bain and Company as a strategy consultant and began his career as an engineer with Ford Motor Company.  Kirk has an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of London and an MBA from INSEAD, Europe’s leading business School


Neehar Giri
President and Chief Solutions Architect
Neehar is an internet and enterprise software “visionary” and veteran in the Contract Lifecycle Management space. He co-founded Nextance, a provider of enterprise grade Contract Management solutions, in 1999 - Neehar was the Vice President of Products and Chief Strategy Officer at Nextance. Previously, Neehar was Chief Solutions Architect at Clarify, a leading CRM company. He architected and led the efforts for Clarify’s Service / Support Contracts Offering, Vertical Solutions for the Telecom Industry, and the Next Generation SFA / CRM Modules. Prior to Clarify, Neehar also spent several years at Apple playing various technical leadership roles in the Apple Internet Services and IS&T groups in the early progressive days on internet technology.  Neehar has an MBA from San Jose State University and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Madras, India.


Nathan Krishnan
Chief Technical Officer
Nathan has over twenty years of experience in various roles such as application software designer, ERP implementer, project manager, practice manager, chief internet technologist and CTO.  Nathan’s is a deep technical evangelist with skills covering all contempary and advanced technologies - web applications and integration, ERP products, Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP & J.D Edwards applications, J2EE & XML applications, multicast based clustered applications and various other extremely progressive technologies.  Previous to Apttus, Nathan was the cofounder and CTO of Nextance, Nathan has also held roles as the Chief Internet Technologist at DTI and for other organizations.

Perry Oza, CPA
CFO
Perry brings over 15 years’ experience to Apttus with deep financial domain in technology companies and Silicon Valley. Starting with a "Big 5" accounting firm, Perry performed numerous roles encompassing auditing, cash management and corporate compliance. His career extended to numerous other major technology organizations based in silicon Valley. Perry has held a number of financial management positions at well-known companies such as Apple Computer and Boston Scientific.  Perry serves as a Chief Financial Officer to several rapidly growing companies and technology businesses based in Silicon Valley, California.

Jesal Mehta

General Manager, India Operations

Jesal is a seasoned software engineer and India operations manager.  With over two decades in the IT industry at various organizations, Jesal brings a diversified and international perspective to his role.  He has held senior positions at numerous technology companies including iMANY, CIGNEX, Novell and Tata Consulting Services.  Jesal has both deep domain expertise in Enterprise Contract Management as well as first-hand experience in successfully building and managing offshore Development and Support operations.  Jesal has an MBA from Santa Clara University in the USA, and a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University, India.