Hari Srinivasan — Director of Engineering

A harvard business school graduate and technology leader with proven delivery track record. I am managing the fintech platform in Uber that is responsible for accounting for all money movement across the company. This team operates at planet scale and solves complex distributed engineering and data problems. Previously, at Amazon I worked on solving interesting emerging technology problems such as just walk out technology for IN market place using cutting edge computer vision and load sensor technology. Additionally, I focused on hyper-local grocery delivery for Amazon in IN marketplace. I have been technology advisor for startups in India and Israel, advising CXO level leaders to shape their medium term and long term technology vision. I was awarded A- (~top 5% of class) in graduate certificate in strategy management from Harvard University in 2014 and also placed in Director's merit list for PGSEM 2009 batch at IIM B. I am a member of McKinsey Executive Online Panel. Before Amazon, I have 23+ years of senior management and technical experience in defining Technology roadmap and leading the full lifecycle engineering and delivery of large, complex projects for Investment banks and Telcos.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Retail Technology expert with extensive experience in engineering management and algorithm development.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 26 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Fintech
Engineering Management
E-commerce
Technology Strategy
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Technology Advisory
Market Research
Advisory
Content Strategy
Investment Banking
Algorithm Development
Sales Optimization

Career Highlights

Harvard Business School graduate with top 5% recognition.
Led complex fintech platform at Uber impacting global operations.
Expert in machine learning and computer vision for retail solutions.

Work Experience

Uber

Director of Engineering at Uber (4 yrs 4 mos)

Harvard Business Review

Advisor, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council (2 yrs 7 mos)

Amazon

Sr Engineering leader (3 yrs)

Sr. Software Development Manager (3 yrs)

BT

Head of Mobile App development (4 yrs 2 mos)

McKinsey & Company

Member of McKinsey Online Executive Panel (10 yrs 10 mos)

BT

Director of Engineering, Home BroadBand (10 yrs 11 mos)

Head of IT & Strategic Initiative, Global Services (2 yrs 6 mos)

American Express

Engineering Manager (5 yrs 4 mos)

Infosys Technologies Ltd

Software Engineer (7 yrs)

Education

Senior Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School

Graduate certificate in strategy management at Harvard Extension School

Making Strategy Happen at London Business School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Hari Srinivasan

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Harvard Business School graduate with top 5% recognition.
Led complex fintech platform at Uber impacting global operations.
Expert in machine learning and computer vision for retail solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Retail Technology expert with extensive experience in engineering management and algorithm development.

Contact

harisrinivasaninfy@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

FintechEngineering ManagementE-commerceTechnology StrategyComputer VisionMachine LearningTechnology AdvisoryMarket ResearchAdvisoryContent StrategyInvestment BankingAlgorithm DevelopmentSales Optimization

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)Big Data AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Process Re-engineeringContent DevelopmentData AnalyticsData ProblemsDevOpsDistributed EngineeringDistributed Software EngineeringFunctional ProgrammingGrocery DeliveryHybrid Shopping ExperienceIT Outsourcing

About

Experience

26 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Uber

Director of Engineering at Uber

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Working on fintech platform at Uber

FintechDistributed EngineeringData ProblemsEngineering Management

Harvard business review

Advisor, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Jun 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

As an Advisor, I provide insights to shape the content HBR develops and enrich understanding of different perspectives on ideas from HBR and the wider world of management and leadership

Content DevelopmentManagement InsightsAdvisoryContent Strategy

Amazon

2 roles

Sr Engineering leader

Feb 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs · Bangalore

Working on Amazon Grocery hyper local hybrid shopping experience (offline+online) using best in class technology to offer convenience of shopping at time of choice

Grocery DeliveryHybrid Shopping ExperienceTechnology ImplementationE-commerceTechnology Strategy

Sr. Software Development Manager

Feb 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs · Bangalore

Working on interesting technical problem solving using hardware and software to build Amazon first Just Walk Out kiosk solution. This leverages best in class ML, computer vision and proprietary home grown algorithm to deterministically identify items picked up by customer even in complex user scenarios of misplacement. We are working on complex distributed software engineering problem that requires building capabilities at scale with low latency. We are leveraging ML to build a more authentic experience for our customers

Just Walk Out TechnologyMachine LearningComputer Vision

Bt

Head of Mobile App development

May 2012 – Jul 2016 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Mckinsey & company

Member of McKinsey Online Executive Panel

Apr 2011 – Feb 2022 · 10 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

As a Mckinsey online executive panel member I have extensively participated in survey on technology trends, software development practices and IT trends shaping world of tomorrow. I have also participated in survey on economy trends and its impact to society.

Technology TrendsSoftware Development PracticesIT TrendsTechnology AdvisoryMarket Research

Bt

2 roles

Director of Engineering, Home BroadBand

Promoted

Mar 2008 – Feb 2019 · 10 yrs 11 mos

Head of IT & Strategic Initiative, Global Services

Mar 2008 – Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 6 mos

American express

Engineering Manager

Nov 2002 – Mar 2008 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led the IT development on business critical investment banking trading decision making system for portfolio managers, analysts working on high net worth individuals. Implemented Straight through processing (STP) and reduced cycle time of trade to T+1 using combination of high end computing and high performing algorithms. This involved understanding the business process end to end and re-engineering the business process as well. As a techno-functional expert, I enjoyed doing this hands on role as a contractor.
Also, delivered platform for distributed channel management for advisors. This platform made use of enhanced algorithms for incentive calculation for advisors to maximize sales of investment products to customers. This resulted in 20% increase in sales over a year as a result.