Harsha Kumar

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Created a 40-person product organization at Ola.
  • Scaled Ola from 3000 to 1 million rides daily.
  • Drove revenue and retention for flagship games at Zynga.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in consumer tech and fintech with a strong focus on product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

InvestingBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementProject Management

Other Skills

Team LeadershipProduct MarketingStrategic PartnershipsProduct RoadmapRevenue ManagementRetention ProgramsMarket ResearchGo to Market StrategyProduct SpecificationsSoftware DevelopmentCloud ComputingBusiness AnalysisAnalyticsSQLCustomer Relations

About

Partner at Lightspeed where I invest in consumer tech, fintech and sustainability startups - On the board of PocketFM, Seekho, Globalbees, Exponent Energy, Endowus, Emversity, Teachmint, Stimuler, NAS Academy and several others - Spent all of my career building companies and working alongside founders across stages from seed to IPO - Created and led the product org, a team of 40, at Ola cabs all the way from Series A to Series E - Part of the core team at Olacabs. Helped scale the business from 3000 rides a day to a million rides a day - Drove global revenue, managed DAU and retention programme for two flagship games at Zynga. - Formulated the go to market strategy for Dell’s cloud offerings in APAC. - Setup the Game Development Lab at Persistent Systems. Planned the investment budget and formulated the growth strategy. Specialties: Investing, Business Strategy, Product Management

Experience

Seekho

Board Member

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Emversity

Board Member

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Exponent energy

Board Member

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Globalbees

Board Member

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Endowus

Board Member

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Teachmint

Board Member

Aug 2020Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

Setu

Board Observer

Dec 2018Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pocket fm

Board Member

Jan 2018Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

Okcredit

Board Observer

Dec 2017Present · 8 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

Freshmenu

Board Observer

Aug 2016Present · 9 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

Lightspeed india partners advisors

Partner

Jul 2016Present · 9 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

InvestingBusiness Strategy

Olacabs.com

AVP, Product

Apr 2014Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Drove product for this incredible company that is growing at lightening speed! Dabbled in launching a new business line - Ola Corporate
  • As AVP of Product I was responsible for creating the product org for Ola. During this time, I was driving the roadmap for Ola's cabs business, leading product strategy to achieve business targets and managing product marketing initiatives.
  • Achievements:
  • Created a 40 person product org at Ola; hired for design, technology and product; the team was instrumental in scaling the company from 3000 rides a day to a million rides a day
  • Redesigned and launched the Olacabs consumer and driver products
  • Launched Olacabs auto product, rental and outstation products
  • Launched Ola Money wallet and grew adoption to 40% of daily bookings
  • Launched Ola's support platform
  • Designed and launched Ola's Corporate Product
  • Grew app adoption, and subsequently app DAU 20 times
  • Consistently the number 1 app in the transportation category on App store and Playstore
  • Featured app on Playstore

Adnear

Lead Product Manager

Jun 2013Mar 2014 · 9 mos · Bangalore

  • AdNear is a location aware mobile technology platform which combines behaviour and context to drive superior targeting across mobile devices. It is funded by Sequoia Capital and Canaan Partners and has presence across multiple Asian markets.
  • o Led strategic partnerships with Publishers
  • o Designed the Demand Side Platform
  • o Created the product roadmap and presented the same to the board
Product ManagementBusiness StrategyTeam LeadershipProduct Marketing

Zynga

Product Manager

Apr 2012Jun 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Managed revenue and retention for two flagship games (among the highest revenue products) at Zynga
  • o Designed the Product Roadmap to meet quarterly revenue and DAU targets at global scale
  • o Designed the subscriber retention programme for an elder game. Programme led to 11% uptick in subscriber retention
  • o Drove product roadmap, working effectively with a cross functional team
Product ManagementStrategic PartnershipsProduct Roadmap

Dell

Summer Intern - Strategy for SMB (Cloud Practice)

Jul 2011Aug 2011 · 1 mo · Singapore

  • o Formulated the Go to Market strategy for Dell’s cloud computing offering in Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ)
  • o Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis for market sizing; identified growth markets and relevant solution offerings for these markets
  • o Liaised with product line managers, sales representatives and channel partners
Product ManagementRevenue ManagementRetention Programs

Persistent systems

3 roles

Product Lead - eMee

Dec 2009Dec 2010 · 1 yr

  • Led the initiative to set up a game development lab at Persistent Systems Ltd.
  • Designed the first prototype for eMee - a gamified HR Management System
  • Set up a team of 15 to drive the initiative. Created a business case for the product and pitched the same to the CEO
Market ResearchGo to Market StrategyBusiness Strategy

Project Manager

Promoted

Jan 2008Dec 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Created product specs for enterprise solutions
  • Worked with technology and business teams to take specs to production
  • Estimated project costs, tracked project revenue and prepared and tracked project plans
  • Set up practice groups for various Microsoft technologies and led strategic initiatives to drive technology adoption within the organization
Product ManagementTeam Leadership

Senior Engineer Software

Oct 2004Jan 2008 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Project ManagementProduct Specifications

Education

INSEAD

MBA — Strategy and General Management

Jan 2011Jan 2011

Cummins College of Engineering, Pune

B.E — Computers

Jan 2001Jan 2005

Nowrosjee Wadia College of Arts and Science, Pune

HSC — Science (Vocational - Electronics)

Jan 1999Jan 2001

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