Ashok Hariharan

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India24 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of one of the fastest growing companies in fraud detection.
Expert in developing innovative solutions for digital transactions.
Proven track record in strategic business development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Telecommunications expert with strong capabilities in product and business strategy.

Contact

ashok.nh@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyProduct DevelopmentProduct Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesArchitectureBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningBusiness planningCloud ComputingConsultingCorporate strategyData scienceDeep learningDevelopmentEducational TechnologyEntrepreneurEntrepreneurshipFraud detection

About

A tech-entrepreneur building one of world's fastest growing companies in people identification and authentication. Passionate about enabling a digital world where people can transact with each other with full confidence. Love solving hard problems using core engineering solutions. In another life, I was a Business Strategist at British Telecom and a Semi-conductor engineer.

Experience

Idfy

Chief Executive Officer

May 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

We are building cutting edge solutions on fraud detection. As virtual transactions increase, there has to be a better way to detect fraud. Our Deep learning and data science models are built to detect forgery, identity theft. Our two click on-boarding solution enables instant fraud detection for over 3M transactions a month. Our forensics engine uses data from over 100 databases to look for anomalies in data to highlight possible frauds.

Fraud detectionDeep learningData scienceVirtual transactionsBusiness StrategyProduct Development

Gaboli online services

Founder

Oct 2008 – Oct 2023 · 15 yrs

Co-Founded Gaboli Online Services, responsible for:
Growing the team from 0 - 30
Corporate strategy - Developed the business plan and the product/company positioning strategy. Developed the organization strategy and operational strategy.
Business Development - Developed the channel to market strategy, Account managed a few large accounts.
Product Development - Initiated and led product development.
Support planning - Set up the technical support organization

Corporate strategyBusiness DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentSupport planningBusiness Strategy

British telecom

Strategy Manager / CE lead

Oct 2006 – Oct 2009 · 3 yrs · London Area, United Kingdom

Product managed the development and deployment of an network alarm correlation estate.
Product managed BT Retail’s £10 million SaaS platform, managed a virtual team of 10. (Using Agile Methodologies)
Led a code red team to deliver operational and technology improvements to a large (700 agents) IP call centre deployment for one of BT customers. Delivered a 30% improvement in performance within 2 weeks.
Successfully delivered an operational and technology strategy plan to CxOs at BT Retail and BT Design.

Product managementOperational strategyTechnology improvementsProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Wced, isb

Independent Strategy Consultant

Apr 2006 – Sep 2006 · 5 mos

Wrote business plan and developed market entry strategy for an enterprise search start-up incubated in ISB.
Initiated partnerships with potential clients to further develop the technology.
Developed funding alternatives to minimize equity dilution.

Business planningMarket entry strategyPartnership developmentBusiness Strategy

Astuto networks

Design Engineer (Lead)

Apr 2004 – Apr 2005 · 1 yr

Founding member of Astuto’s India operations, responsible for starting up and managing the division. Grew the team from 6 to 25 people.
Led the architecture and development of a next generation Transport Networks solution.
Managed software/hardware co-development, achieving 50% cost reduction over similar systems.
Successfully established a strategic alliance with a large vendor firm in the US. Designed requirements and aided in the architecture process, leading to a long term relationship with the firm.
Established key strategic vendor relationships and Negotiated with vendors on feature requirements and pricing.
Worked with the Marketing team and key customers in defining product features, consulted customers on refining their RFPs, leading to the first Indian account (worth $1MM) for Astuto.

ArchitectureDevelopmentVendor negotiationProduct Development