Mohan Harish Balasubramanian

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Co-founder & COO at Compass Logistics | ex-Nykaa

Compass Logistics
Coimbatore, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
14+ years experience
IIT Bombay
English, Hindi, Tamil
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Overview

I started Compass Logistics to fix agritech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Previously built and sold a small agritech company. Plant-based cook and baker.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Second opinions on agriculture decisions
Please don't message about
  • Crypto token projects
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
supply chainagriculturefintechrural distribution

Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Oct 2021 - Present
    Compass Logistics · 5 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Grew the team to 24 people across 2 countries.
    • Raised $23 million across 2 rounds.
  2. Controller
    Jan 2019 - Oct 2021
    Nykaa · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Finance Director
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
    TCS · 2 yr · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $271 million raise.
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  4. Finance Manager
    Oct 2013 - Jan 2017
    Capgemini · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $69 million raise.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 8 straight quarters.
  5. Controller
    May 2012 - Oct 2013
    McKinsey & Company · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Coimbatore, India
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 12.
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

Projects

Agritech benchmark
2025

Reproducible benchmarks comparing rural distribution and supply chain on real workloads.

Side project: a commute planner
2022

Built with rural distribution and supply chain. 3276 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. IIT Bombay
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2005 - 2009

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