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Krish Kumar

Observer · DISC type ci
CEO at Wowza
📍 Mountain View, California, United States

Krish Kumar is the CEO of Wowza, a video streaming technology company, following his tenure as CEO of BrightEdge. He previously spent nine years at Google, where he led enterprise search platforms. Krish holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney and an executive MBA from AGSM.

Passionate about technologys large-scale impact, Krish has a keen interest in organizations known for ambitious innovation, including Googles "X" moonshot factory and NASA. This reflects a fascination with solving complex problems through cutting-edge, disruptive technology and a customer-driven approach to product development.

Interesting fact: His career includes time spent at Googles secretive "X, the moonshot factory," renowned for its work on groundbreaking and futuristic technology projects.

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Current Role
CEO
Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Krish shows up

Curious
Assertive
Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Priorities

Topics Krish cares about

Video Streaming Tech
As the current CEO of Wowza, he is focused on building and delivering flexible, mission-critical video infrastructure for developers and enterprises.
Enterprise AI Strategy
He emphasizes the importance of AI in extracting business value from data at scale and has written about choosing enterprise AI tools that deliver real-world results.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
CEO
Wowza
7-2023 - 11-2024
CEO
BrightEdge
6-2018 - 8-2023
Chief Revenue and Operating Officer
BrightEdge
2-2018 - 7-2018
Head of Business
X, the moonshot factory
10-2013 - 2-2018
Global Head of Enterprise Search
Google
In the press

Media appearances

Former Google Leader Joins BrightEdge as COO. Featured in PR Newswire
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Krish Kumar, Business Expert, Joins SEO Company BrightEdge as COO. Featured in BrightEdge
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Education
2007 - 2015
MBA(Exec)
AGSM @ UNSW Business School
1996 - 2000
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons)
University of Sydney
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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