Guru Hariharan
| Guru Hariharan | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian-American |
| 💼 Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| 📆 Years active | 2000-present |
| Known for | CommerceIQ, Boomerang Commerce |
| Twitter= | |
Guru Hariharan is a US-based Indian-American inventor, author and entrepreneur. He is the founder of CommerceIQ and Boomerang Commerce.[1]
He is the author of News Mining Agent for Automated Stock Trading: System to Apply data mining techniques in real time to predict movement of stocks (2012).[2] Hariharan has 4 patents as of March 3, 2021 that are used in the field of digital retail and e-commerce.[3][4][5][6]
Early life and education[edit]
Hariharan did his Bachelors in Computer Engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology.[7] He subsequently moved to the United States to study at the University of Texas at Austin where he completed a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering.[7] He later received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School.[8][9][7]
Career[edit]
Hariharan started his career as an executive and veteran of Amazon and eBay.[10][11]
Boomerang Commerce[edit]
Hariharan founded Boomerang Commerce in 2012 while he was based in Mountain View, California.[12][13][14][11][15]
The company launched at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York City. He raised $20.5m from Shasta Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and Trinity Ventures.[10][11][16][17]
Hariharan's company Boomerang Commerce was notably acquired by the Fortune 50 Company Lowe's Companies, Inc.[18][10][19][20]
CommerceIQ[edit]
After the acquisition of Boomerang Commerce, one of their product lines, CommerceIQ became a separate entity of which Hariharan is now the CEO.[21][11]
His company, CommerceIQ, was named as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative companies.[22]
Hariharan is a frequent guest/contributor on media channels and properties like CNBC, Bloomberg and Forbes.[23][24][16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Amazon Prime Day Goes From Rummage Sale to Must-Shop Event". July 18, 2018 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ Gurushyam Hariharan (Author). "News Mining Agent for Automated Stock Trading: System to Apply data mining techniques in real time to predict movement of stocks: Hariharan, Gurushyam: 9783846532447: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ↑ "Reducing system resource requirements for user interactive and customizable image product designs".
- ↑ "Presenting alternative shopping options".
- ↑ "Method and system for using recommendations to prompt seller improvement".
- ↑ "Personalized delivery time estimate system".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Tech Guru". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ Shetty, Sameepa (July 1, 2018). "Amazon could be heading for a plateau—but here's what could help it get over the hump". CNBC.
- ↑ Bergen, Spencer Soper and Mark. "Amazon has a plan to become profitable. It's called advertising". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Boomerang Commerce Rebrands as CommerceIQ™ After the Acquisition of its Retail Analytics Platform by Lowe's". May 20, 2019 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "That $400 Bottle of Hand Sanitizer Is Very Hard to Police". March 5, 2020 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Amazon Site Crashes During Prime Day" – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ Streitfeld, David (July 15, 2018). "Amazon's Curious Case of the $2,630.52 Used Paperback (Published 2018)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Amazon Prime Day vs Black Friday: 1 out of 3 items cost more". www.cbsnews.com.
- ↑ "Amazon sellers diversify to other e-commerce platforms in wake of COVID-19". www.spglobal.com.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Guru Hariharan - Forbes Technology Council". Forbes.
- ↑ "Boomerang Commerce Raises $12M Series B Round For Its Price Optimization Platform".
- ↑ "Lowe's Acquires Retail Analytics Platform From Boomerang Commerce". Lowe’s Corporate.
- ↑ "Boomerang Commerce Rebrands as CommerceIQ™ After the Acquisition of its Retail Analytics Platform by Lowe's". www.businesswire.com. May 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com.
- ↑ Weise, Karen; Corkery, Michael (February 20, 2020). "Clicking Buy on Amazon? It's Trying to Prevent a Coronavirus Caveat (Published 2020)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "CommerceIQ: Most Innovative Company". Fast Company.
- ↑ "Amazon Is Focusing More on Profitability Than Sales Growth, CommerceIQ CEO Says" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "A prime future for Amazon?". CNBC. May 26, 2017.
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