Harsha
Ghandikota

Odynn

Bonfire Ventures + Fiat Ventures, $9.5M Seed

NEW YORK, NY

• Architected the retrieval layer for an autonomous support agent serving enterprise banking and loyalty clients (ANZ Bank, Bilt Rewards, Flight Centre), structuring 236 pages of technical documentation into a topic-segmented knowledge base that enables issue resolution without engineering escalation
• Own the production dual-layer LLM support system end to end: cut first response time from 4 hours to 33 minutes, cut customer wait time from 38 hours to under 12, and tripled throughput per agent. CTO-approved and adopted team-wide
• Traced a systemic authentication failure surfacing independently across two enterprise partners to refresh-token mismanagement and built a repeatable resolution framework that eliminated recurring cross-account escalations
• Redesigned escalation routing for a fintech platform serving banks and card issuers, engineering an NLP workflow to detect direct-address signals in Slack and tier-based auto-response logic that closed a coverage gap

Cybrid

Regulated B2B stablecoin platform, Duke Consulting Practicum

REMOTE (CANADA)

• Independently analyzed 73 competitors across the US, EU, UK, and APAC to build the full UK market-entry strategy for a regulated B2B stablecoin platform, identifying the primary displacement target and modeling unit economics at 5, 50, and 250-client scale
• Designed pricing architecture grounded in a 90.6% gross-margin analysis and an FX-tiered pricing model; delivered a go/no-go executive narrative after facilitating stakeholder sessions on pilot selection and sequencing
• Findings adopted without revision. The company is tracking to launch UK market entry in Q3 2026

Hoshira Capital

$570M private equity firm

HYDERABAD, INDIA

• First dedicated operations hire at the firm; promoted from Analyst to Associate in 7 months, leading 2 analysts
• Led a team to build decision-support systems and automated reporting (Excel, Power BI, Zapier) that cut executive deck turnaround from 5 days to 48 hours, supporting closure of a $30M real estate deal and a multi-company capability roll-up strategy
• Architected a fund investment thesis across 4 asset classes targeting 30–50% annual CAGR; designed a lending system (CropCoin) generating 3.7% unit margins that raised $12–14M and scaled a 600+ vendor network
• Built standardized deal operations that compressed diligence from 8 weeks to 3 weeks across 25+ companies, processing $9M+ in diligence activity and closing $3M+; ran end-to-end advisory on a $48M IPO
• Built DCF and comparable-valuation frameworks for $30M+ diligence cycles; briefed US-based LPs and board members across 120+ early-stage companies spanning venture, IPO, and credit tracks
• Directed the technology roadmap and a Global Capability Center pivot for a portfolio company, restructuring legacy telecom operations toward a software-led model

Aarvee Associates

HYDERABAD, INDIA

• Managed $100M+ in bid operations across 40+ infrastructure pursuits ($3M–$60M) spanning India, UAE, and Australia
• Cut pricing errors 70% and improved margins 15% by building Excel-based cost-estimation systems across 12+ RFP formats; tripled bid volume and unlocked a $40M+ project category
• Reduced bid turnaround from 3 weeks to 4 days; delivered a 24-hour international bid cycle independently across time zones, securing a win with no one to hand off to

Duke University, Digital Transformation Research

Supervisor: Prof. Anthony O'Driscoll

DURHAM, NC

• Co-develop executive-education curriculum and research frameworks on digital transformation, deployed across Duke Executive Education programs
• Authored three complete case-study packages for executive education (Mastercard, IKEA, Microsoft), embedding Brightline Leadership Principles and the PCT framework, including instructor answer keys and student worksheets
• Built an academic document on innovation and efficiency spanning 17 Global Peter Drucker Forums (2007–2025)