Harsh Bhardwaj

Founder at Northwind Systems · Developer tooling

Northwind Systems

Gurugram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)

14+ years experience

Christ University

English, Hindi

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Overview

Founder of Northwind Systems (developer tooling). 15 years of building before that. Grew the team to 107 people across 3 countries. Before that: Salesforce and Amazon. Most at home with Rust and open source.

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Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

closes in 3 months

Need a commercial co-founder: returns management in the US

The idea: Returns management in the US
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 13 years in developer tooling
Looking for: Operator who has scaled a team
Commitment: Part-time to start
Location: Gurugram or remote

I bring 15 years of developer tooling (currently Northwind Systems). Ideally you've led a design team. Pre-product, some customer interviews done.

Gurugram, Indiaopen sourcecommunityrust

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Experience

Founder
Jan 2024 - Present
Northwind Systems · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
- Signed 146 paying customers, 17 of them enterprises.
- Raised $36 million across 3 rounds.
Senior Financial Analyst
Apr 2022 - Jan 2024
Salesforce · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 7 straight quarters.
Controller
Jun 2019 - Apr 2022
Amazon · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 8 straight quarters.
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 13.
Controller
Nov 2015 - Jun 2019
Meesho · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Closed the books in 4 days, down from 18.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 10 straight quarters.
Finance Manager
May 2012 - Nov 2015
Adobe · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
- Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Ran diligence on 4 acquisitions.

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Education

Christ University
BBA, Business Administration
2007 - 2011

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