Before Harmonic, Max did a whole lot of data-things at Google: analytics, warehousing, ML/modeling, and software engineering. Outside of work, he sunk all his time into jiu jitsu. Now when he's not helping build Harmonic, you'll catch him mountain biking with his wife and dog, or training for the NY marathon with the Harmonic Running Club.

Austin was previously working on Azure at Microsoft before realizing a startup would be way more fun. He’s a proud UCLA Bruin who is helping to build out the alumni network in New York City, and in his spare time loves to indulge in music (occasionally as a DJ) and stay active.

Simant started his software engineering career during Harmonic's early days, growing alongside the company. He's into surfing these days - mostly getting wiped out and eating sand. Outside work and surfing, you'll find him on the beach with a book, a coconut, and a view of the sunset.

Prior to joining Harmonic, Sang spent time improving the jobs ecosystem at LinkedIn. Outside of Harmonic, Sang focuses on teaching jiu jitsu and enjoys running. You can read more about what it's like to work with him here if you'd like!

Loves skydiving from new heights. During bad weather, he spends time mostly playing video games, running, or serving his dog master. Before harmonic, he has worked at healthcare startup.

Before joining Harmonic, Eric was in-house counsel at Meta with responsibilities covering global privacy diligence for acquisitions and IP strategy for Meta’s virtual reality division. In his free time, Eric enjoys surfing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Before Harmonic, Miles worked on technology in the music industry after studying physics at RPI.

Ali was previously building customer facing products at Amazon and American Express. Now he's at Harmonic for the fast pace and the chance to make a bigger impact. When he's not at work, you can find him Snowboarding, playing backgammon, or dabbling in music production.

After a decade in consulting, Carter joined Harmonic as an AE in 2022. Now leading the Account Management team, he's a proud father of 3 girls. When he's not helping Harmonic's customers or playing with his kids, Carter stays active, training for the NYC marathon, playing soccer & basketball, and squeezing in a surf session or golf round.

Stephanie likes waking up early, solving crosswords, and playing tennis. You can usually find her reacting to people's Slack messages with too many emojis.

Mike likes to play basketball, but isn't very good at it. Also "loves," or avidly hates, dogs. Despite being from Hawaii, Mike is one of the most up-tight people you'll meet.

Miguel's journey includes seven rewarding years at Microsoft, working on Office, Visual Studio, and Skype, co-founding Mochilo, and serving as CTO at Blanket. He thrives on the excitement of turning ideas into impactful products. In his free time, Miguel loves mentoring fellow entrepreneurs and spending time with his family.

Investment analyst turned renegade executive coach and now a ops lead, Shafaq has worn many different hats. Aside from building her own coaching practice and hanging out with Harmonic's engineers (read: DJs), she also juggles arts strategy, community building, and digital publishing ambitions—all while lounging on a hammock, stargazing, and dreaming up the next big thing.

Previously worked in sales at Clearbit (acquired by Hubspot) and PowerSchool (Acquired by Bain Capital). Outside of work enjoys making music, watching sports, and exploring San Diego!

Previously, Aaron spent a decade in GTM roles, mostly at Dropbox, culminating in leading larger sales regions. He was pretty good at volleyball till he broke his pinky attempting to catch a football behind his back. Now he can be found scratching that competitive itch by building the world’s greatest customer facing organization and playing board games in his free time. He’s an open book, which you can read here if you’d like!

Kenny enjoys picking up new skills regularly - currently it's gardening & swimming (help! he's terrible at it). He loves coding, working with cool tech and making an impact on people. Prior to Harmonic, he worked on a start-up with his brother and 6 amazing years at LinkedIn in LTS helping job seekers find their next opportunity.

In his free time, Johnny can be found oil painting, reading a novel or a memoir, or jogging on the beach of Santa Monica at a leisurely pace unlike the rest of the team. Ask him about his favorite books or his latest escapades!

Jimmy loves learning and building things. Coming to tech after getting a PhD in Chemical Engineering, he makes sure to not lose his touch by making beer and wine. When he's not building things, he's breaking things at the Brazillian Jiu Jitsu gym.

Soham has worked in business operations, corporate development, and management consulting. Once a collegiate middle distance runner, he’s trying his hand now at long distance running and can be found exploring routes around Williamsburg (likely with Harmonic’s running crew). He’s part of Harmonic’s 1st team All-Astroball and can be usually seen sipping on an Orange Poppi.

Ryan has spent the last 10 years either hiring people or selling to them. He helped build out and scale the sales organization at Dropbox before repeating those motions at earlier stage companies like Gem and now Harmonic. When not on Zoom with his VC partners, he’s an avid Boston sports fan and always down to grab wings and a beer.

Prior to her role at Harmonic, Erin contributed to the Optimization team at RH. She earned her degree from Wake Forest University, graduating magna cum laude with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Entrepreneurship, alongside computer science coursework. Outside of her professional life, Erin enjoys running, hiking, and spending time outdoors.

Before joining Harmonic, Vidur worked within JMP Securities Tech M&A group, and at Union Park Capital, an LMM PE firm spun out of Battery Ventures. Vidur graduated from Temple University's Fox School of Business with a degree in Finance, concentrating in corporate valuation. Outside work, you can catch Vidur going to EDM concerts, cheering Philly sports, or avidly watching Formula 1.

Prior to joining Harmonic's AM team, Olivia spent 5 years working alongside investors at CB Insights and Carta. When she's not meeting with our customers, you can find her reading in Central Park, getting her hopes up for yet another Jets football season, or skipping the Harmonic Run Club meetups :)

Before Harmonic, Joseph was leading the Job Search team at LinkedIn and building out the SDK for an augmented reality glasses startup. Originally from Sydney, Australia, in his free time he enjoys doing deep product research, bargain hunting and playing with the latest tech gadgets.

Before Harmonic, Akshaya worked at LinkedIn working on Groups and Messenger products. She loves living in San Francisco and European yogurt. She is Mika's favorite human.

Before joining Harmonic, Sam was at Preqin working with all asset classes.  You can find him on the golf course, in the kitchen or in central park on a beatuful NYC day

Loves running and talking tech. Before joining Harmonic, Jack was at PitchBook Data where he was also working with startups and VCs. You can find Jack either somewhere on the west side highway logging miles, or at a VC happy hour making friends.

Emma's spent most of her career working as a developer at early stage startups, and is often cycling through new hobbies. Her most recent hobbies include creating uv fluorescing art art and collecting vintage radioactive curios.

Before Harmonic, John studied mechanical engineering at MIT and began his career in consulting. He later transitioned to growth tech, focusing on operational roles. In his free time, you’ll find John swimming, playing video games, solving Japanese puzzle books, or diving into a new manga. Known for his expressive nature and love for comedy, John brings a vibrant energy to work everyday.

Before Harmonic, Matthias was building multiple start-ups and had the opportunity to work across various teams and products at Dropbox. Outside of tech, he loves to run and participate at races in NYC. Despite having lived in London, SF and NYC the last 10+ years Matthias still carries a thick German accent.

Gavin is currently studying in Singapore as a junior in SUTD. In his free time, he likes to read, play Stardew Valley, and has recently been getting into photography.

Before Harmonic, Divya served as the Student Body President at University of Southern California, graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. Political Science; AI minor; applied analytics specialization. She enjoys board games, Connections, walking in circles, and watching Girls with a bagel in hand - then calling her parents to share these important updates.

Colin spent most of his life as a full-time athlete (martial arts) who then turned coach, 18 years in all. Eventually starting (and failing) his own coaching marketplace startup. That's where a broader love for all things startup began and he gleefully joined Harmonic. In his free time he's writing a novel, reading, training, taking pictures, asking silly questions, researching, learning languages, and playing his ukulele poorly.

Seth is a creative technologist who loves to build and experiment. Prior to Harmonic, he worked at Google as a UX Engineer turned Product person. You'll often find him geeking out over the latest innovation in AI or XR.

Before Harmonic, Darri ran a GTM consultancy and previously led Growth and Strategy for an AML software startup. He’s also a former basketball coach, winning multiple championships in his home country of Iceland, and is always ready to chat, play, or watch hoops.

Before Harmonic, Andy worked as an investor at a student-run VC fund under the University of Michigan, graduating with a dual degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering and Business Administration from the Ross School of Business. While at school, he also worked at a venture-backed seed startup, a fund-of-funds, a corporate venture capital firm, and a hedge fund. Outside work, Andy enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, and exploring new places.

Before Harmonic, Nach cut his teeth as one of the first SDRs at Monte Carlo. Prior, he studied Data Science at UC Berkeley, amongst other things. Outside work, he loves music, and spends his time playing tennis, training, or thinking about moving to the beach.

Product evangelist by day and songwriter/producer by night, Tyler enjoys discovering new coffee spots, baking, hiking, and tackling any creative challenge that comes his way.

Before Harmonic, Kevin developed machine learning products at a variety of companies ranging from health tech to finance. Outside of the virtual world, he enjoys playing guitar, boxing, and hiking.

Prior to Harmonic, Joe held a variety of roles in Data Science and Machine Learning across industries including at FinTech and EdTech startups - he’s excited to be digging into startup data from a fresh angle now! When he’s not coding, you can find him playing piano, on the bouldering wall, exploring NYC, or just reading a good book at home.

Will has built product experiences at CloudKitchens, DoorDash, and Apple. Originally from a beach town in Delaware, he now lives in Sonoma County. Outside of work, he enjoys daddy-daughter days, home improvement projects, and a good cigar.

Before joining Harmonic, Abhi worked various gigs including principal engineer at an early stage startup, a brief stint as chief of staff to a CEO in the energy sector, and quant engineer at multiple large banks. Outside of work, you can catch him working on his 5k personal best, hunting for the best burgers in NYC, or buried in a cryptic crossword puzzle for hours on a park bench.

Before Harmonic, Yesh studied computer science at UC Santa Cruz and worked at an e-commerce startup as a software engineer. Outside of work, you can catch him on the pickleball courts, shooting some hoops in the local park, or devouring sushi!

TJ is an engineer at heart and by trade just doing his best and having a great time of it. Prior to Harmonic, he has worked at Workday, Humane, and had a brief stint as a founding engineer. Outside of work, you’ll find TJ running around looking for new hobbies, getting cozy reading a book, searching for new music, reading some more, and making homemade pizza or pasta.

Apoorva was at Qualtrics prior to Harmonic as an engineer during which he also got a Masters in CS from the University of Washington. Originally from Detroit, he's moved from Seattle to NYC to be a part of the Harmonic team. Some of his current hobbies include developing a functional golf swing, perfecting his pizza-making skills, pondering macroeconomics and making as many friends as he can.