Hari's focus is to help LinkedIn better serve its membership and customers on a local basis. Consistent with LinkedIn's mission, he aims to connect all of India's professionals to make them more successful and productive.

Hari has a strong entrepreneurial experience in building businesses and companies in India and abroad. He has worked in leadership positions in companies such as Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Fox Interactive Media, Travelguru, and also co-founded stylkist.com. He brings diverse business experience having led functions in Corporate Planning, Strategic Alliances, Marketing & Product Management and has been associated with the internet industry for over 10 years. His previous stint before joining LinkedIn was as Country Head for MySpace India.

Hari has an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado.