About

Harsh Jegadeesan is an entrepreneurial technology and product leader with over 18 years of experience in leading innovations and driving growth. As the Chief Solutions Officer and Member of the Executive Board at Research Square Company, he is committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful for humanity and society by building solutions for researchers powered by advanced AI technologies. Harsh has all-around experience in customer discovery, product design, product and portfolio management, partnerships, commercial and go-to-market of digital products and platforms. He has hands-on experience in defining product strategy, roadmaps, commercial and go-to-market strategy for global products. He is a thought leader and speaker in global conferences. Harsh has led global, diverse, and high-performance teams and has coached and mentored teams in an agile environment. He has achieved alignment and collaboration through OKRs and has a proven track record of leading with purpose. Harsh has worked with top companies like Springer Nature Group, where he was the Chief Solutions Officer and Member of the Executive Board, leading the Platform & Solutions area with responsibility for Springer Nature´s digital platforms, such as Nature.com, SpringerLink, and Biomed Central, AI-powered data and intelligence products and solutions, as well as developing digital ecosystems and strategic partnerships. He has also represented SAP SE in the Business Governance Board of the Open API Initiative in the Linux Foundation. Harsh holds a PhD in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and has completed various executive education programs, including an Accelerated Development Program from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Disruptive Strategy course from Harvard Business School Online, a Certificate in Product Strategy from Kellogg Executive Education, and a Certificate in Advanced Leadership Program from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Harsh's specialties include general management, leading high-performance global teams, product leadership, commercial and go-to-market, product design, agile product management, software architecture, platforms, and web-scale distributed systems. He is also skilled in AI, product design, research science, product management, and web technologies.