Harish Ravi

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Lead software Engineer - Frontend at Freshworks

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Overview

Harish is a seasoned front-end engineering leader with over 7 years of experience building intuitive user interfaces, currently at Freshworks. An alumnus of Sona College of Technology, he has managed and mentored other engineers. Colleagues praise his dedication to the craft and exceptional commitment to high-quality, clean code.

Outside of his core role, Harish is passionate about front-end advocacy and is committed to continuous learning in the ever-evolving landscape of web technologies. He shows a keen interest in emerging technologies like AI agents and follows industry leaders such as Adobe and LinkedIn.

Unique fact: Harish authored a high-performance UI library from scratch in vanilla JavaScript to optimize application rendering.

Personality Overview

Price-Sensitive

Systematic

Not Easily Convinced

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Topics They Care About

Frontend Leadership
He has experience managing and reviewing the work of other engineers, providing leadership to ensure high-quality development standards.
Code Quality
Recommendations consistently highlight his exceptional commitment to delivering clean, maintainable, and high-quality code that sets a standard for excellence.
Developer Experience
He has initiated efforts to modernize legacy codebases with the specific goal of improving build times and enhancing the developer experience.

Media Appearances

Harish has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Lead software Engineer - Frontend at Freshworks
9-2020 - 2-2025
Engineering Manager - Frontend at Mad Street Den
4-2023 - 5-2024
Technical Lead - Front-end at Mad Street Den
5-2022 - 4-2023
Senior Frontend Engineer at Mad Street Den
11-2019 - 8-2020
Product Engineer at Ganit Inc.

Education

2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Sona College of Technology
2010 - 2012
higher secondary from Malar matriculation higher secondary school

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Insights For Selling To Harish

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Harish is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Harish

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Harish move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Harish take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

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