Prodapt has announced the appointment of Harsha Kumar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Harsha has taken over from founder and CEO Vedant Jhaver, who will serve as the Chairman of Prodapt.

Harsha in his immediate role was serving as president of Prodapt. As president over the last seven years, he has played important roles in helping define growth strategies, delivering strong results through deep customer relationships, scaling practice areas, developing leadership talent, and building a strong operations organization for future growth.

"Harsha has been a big strength and partner to me over these years. His discipline and focus on execution have been critical to Prodapt’s leadership position in the Connectedness vertical. Harsha has built a reputation for being a dynamic and passionate leader with the highest levels of integrity and discipline in executing our strategy. With Harsha at the helm, Prodapt will continue to break new ground and solve our customers’ complex business challenges,” said Vedant Jhaver.

On the appointment to this new role, Harsha commented: " In the coming years, Prodapt will be the default partner of choice in the Connectedness industry and shape the way people, enterprises, and machines engage with each other.”

Before joining Prodapt, Harsha held several leadership positions in the technology services industry, and has successfully incubated and scaled several businesses that have grown to become large divisions. He also co-founded a software product company prior to that.  He holds degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and the University of Maryland, College Park.