Harsha Kotcherlakota

AI enablement · Operations leadership · San Jose, California

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I help people find a place for AI in their work and everyday lives, learn the tools, and build the confidence to use them. I lead technical teams, improve processes, and help people understand the systems they depend on.

Experience

Independent AI consulting

Current work
  • Build custom AI workflows for solo operators and small teams, including memory, routing, and repeated decisions, with code when the workflow needs it.
  • Audit inputs, decisions, and handoffs, and build around the workflow and the source material it depends on.
  • Help people use AI tools through practical training and documentation.

Kobo Foundry · Co-founder

2025–present
  • Co-founded a clinical technology company and built its core product, connecting AI capabilities to tools people use every day.
  • Brought operations experience, process design, and practical AI experience to product decisions under tight startup constraints, with attention to how the product fit into everyday workflows.

Google · Chrome Fleet Operations Manager

2021–April 2025
  • Led Chrome fleet operations for 65,000 devices across multiple internal data centers, managing third-party vendors, logistics, and procurement.
  • Improved recurring processes and clarified ownership across internal teams and external partners. Led documentation and practical training that made technical processes and operational decisions clear.
  • Advocated for early internal use of Gemini and helped teammates apply it to their everyday work.

Google · Hardware Operations Tech Lead

2018–2021
  • Led data center operations for clusters spanning around 1,500 server racks, coordinating hardware operations and the teams responsible for keeping the infrastructure running.
  • Managed third-party vendors, logistics, and procurement, coordinating requirements and handoffs with internal teams.
  • Turned technical requirements into clear decisions and responsibilities, and guided colleagues through systems, procedures, and recurring problems.

VMware · Enterprise technology

2018 & earlier
  • Worked on enterprise technology and virtual infrastructure administration.
  • Wrote runbooks and technical guidance that helped the team understand and use those systems, bringing that experience into hardware operations at Google in 2018.

Projects & writing

Chirp

A voice notes app and dictation keyboard with fully local transcription on Android using sherpa-onnx, with optional AI text cleanup.

Oh My Stash

A prompt stash manager for Oh My Pi. Save unfinished prompts and bring them back when you’re ready to pick them up.

Vector & Verse

Writing about AI, how people use technology, and the things I notice along the way.

Skills

AI enablement · Technical operations · Team leadership · Process improvement · Documentation · Training

Interested in

Full-time roles and contract work in AI enablement, project leadership, and operations.