Management
Murat Ozsu Founder and CEO
Murat is both the visionary and technical mind behind innRoad, now one of the leading web-based hotel management solutions in the US. He designed innRoad to meet the needs of independent hotel owners who are looking to compete successfully in an internet economy – and profit. Prior to founding innRoad, Murat was Vice President of Application Development for Credit Suisse, where he led global multi-year development projects spanning over $300B of the bank’s assets. Before that, he worked for eB2B.com, a Silicon Alley professional services firm that provided strategic support for Internet startups, and Lexis-Nexis, the leading online information company. Murat holds a BA in International Marketing from Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Ahmet CanSVP, Operations
Ahmet is an international business executive with a distinguished career encompassing senior finance, strategy and operational roles in global companies, including Phorm, Net2Phone, RBS Greenwich Capital and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ahmet currently leads the Business Operations and Strategy team, which helps the company to innovate at scale by designing efficient business processes and solving strategic business problems. His team tackles projects such as resource allocation, operational strategy, internal operations improvements and organization design.
Prior to innRoad, Ahmet was a board member and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Phorm. He has also worked for several other successful start-ups in marketing, product development and operational roles. Prior to the Internet sector, he was an investment banker at RBS Greenwich Capital and Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ahmet holds a dual Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Middle East Languages and Cultures from Columbia University.
Ratnakar Parakala Director of Application Development
Ratnakar has been in charge of innRoad product development since 2005, a responsibility that includes overseeing the architecture, design, development and testing of the software. He is also responsible for managing the innRoad development team in Hyderabad, India.
With more than 13 years of experience and knowledge in software application development, Ratnakar brings a proven track record of leveraging technology to create and maintain efficiencies that ultimately benefit our customers.
Ratnakar has an graduate degree in mechanical engineering from the K.L. College of Engineering and Technology.
