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Krishna Motukuri

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Krishna Motukuri is Senior Vice President of Business Development at Lulu.com, the premier global marketplace for new digital content on the Internet. Motukuri is focusing on the growth of weRead's business relationships with publishers and building new relationships with strategic partners.

Prior to Lulu, Motukuri was the CEO and Co-Founder of Ugenie, the company behind weRead. Motukuri was responsible for setting the overall direction and business strategy for the company.

Before Ugenie, Motukuri was Associate Director at Amazon, where he led teams in a variety of divisions, including search, co-op marketing, global expansion and supply chain. Motukuri has a Masters degree from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelors degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Motukuri enjoys the outdoors. He actively hikes, runs, bikes, rock climbs, skis and enjoys mountaineering. He has climbed the summits of Mt. Rainier and several other peaks in the Cascades. He also loves to travel, meet new people and be exposed to new cultures. When he is not outdoors, Motukuri likes to read books (classics, sci-fi, and non-fiction), magazines and journals.