Get to know Harness

Jyoti Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and technology visionary who believes passionately in software’s ability to change the world for the better. He co-founded Harness in 2017 to automate and simplify all software delivery processes, and serves as CEO. In 2018, he co-founded Traceable, the leading API security platform, and venture capital firm Unusual Ventures. Unusual Ventures is reinventing the VC engagement model by providing entrepreneurs with an unprecedented level of services. Unusual closed its third fund in 2022 and currently has over $1B under management.

Carlos Delatorre is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Harness, overseeing the sales and go-to-market (GTM) functions. With a proven track record of enterprise sales leadership, he has consistently built high-performance teams that deliver strong results. Prior to Harness, Carlos was head of Sales at several companies, including Navan and MongoDB.

Currently, Carlos is a board member at Yalo and an investor/advisor to companies including Modern Treasury, Vartana, Exafunction, Starburst, and Outreach. He earned his undergraduate degrees from the University of Miami and Troy State University, and holds an MBA from Troy State University.

John Bonney oversees the Harness company’s finance and accounting function. Prior to Harness, he oversaw rapid growth as the CFO at Mapbox as well as FinancialForce, the latter quadrupling revenues to over $100M during his tenure. Prior to that, he was the Division CFO of the Cloud Business unit at SAP where he oversaw over $1 billion of Cloud revenues across multiple business units, products, and geographies. Bonney joined SAP from Ariba as a senior finance executive who helped drive rapid expansion and ultimately the sale of Ariba to SAP for $4.3 billion.

Hanna is Harness' General Counsel and oversees the global legal function. Prior to joining Harness, Hanna served as Medallia's Chief Legal Officer, where she led the company's Legal, Policy, and Compliance functions. At Medallia, she secured several significant wins in litigation matters, oversaw the acquisition and legal integration of multiple companies, helped Medallia go public in 2019, and guided the company's take-private transaction.

Prior to Medallia, Hanna practiced with international law firms in Vienna, San Francisco, and Berlin in the areas of antitrust and competition law, privacy, and international corporate matters. She also worked for the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, as a direct appointee by the German government. Hanna holds law degrees from the Vienna School of Law, Stockholm University, and Berkeley School of Law.

Previously, Luan has served as an advisor for companies like PlanGrid, Headhuntr.io, and 8×8 Inc. He also served as a Guest Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley for the “Organization and Management” course with the International Diploma Programs. Luan holds a degree in International Relations from the University of California, Davis. He has written articles on the “War for Talent”; and has been featured in several publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and San Francisco Business Times, specifically on the art and science behind recruiting.

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Sanjay Nagaraj is SVP of Engineering at Harness, where he leads the global engineering organization and also serves as General Manager of the company’s Application Security business, overseeing product management and strategy. Previously, he was the co-founder and CTO of Traceable, and before that, VP of Engineering at AppDynamics/Cisco, where he led high-impact teams responsible for driving over $500M in revenue. With more than 20 years of experience building enterprise software, Sanjay holds multiple U.S. patents and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Mysore.

Gleb Brichko brings over 20 years of B2B marketing experience across software, security, and infrastructure. Most recently, Gleb built and led the global growth and demand marketing team at Rubrik, where he was responsible for leading, planning and executing the company's go-to-market strategy, brand presence, demand generation campaigns and programs, digital and web, partner marketing, field marketing, customer advocacy, strategic events, content, and operations. His prior roles include marketing leadership positions at Nutanix, Fortinet, ForeScout, and Blue Coat Systems. Gleb holds a bachelor's degree in mass communications from UC Berkeley.

Arpit Patel is Chief Customer Officer at Harness, where he leads all post-sales functions focused on driving customer outcomes and long-term value. He was previously Chief Customer Officer at Traceable, where he helped scale customer operations and strategic partnerships. Earlier in his career, Arpit was VP of Platform and Operations Engineering at AppDynamics, one of its first 10 employees, and instrumental in scaling the business to a $3.7B acquisition. Prior to joining Traceable, he was a co-founder of a startup Bicycle.ai . Arpit lives in the Bay Area with his family