The 2024 Leaders in Technology Consulting: Harsha Madannavar

Harsha Madannavar is a managing director and partner at L.E.K. Consulting and a member of the firm's global board of directors; he also serves on the board's Risk and Succession committees. He was previously head of the firm's San Francisco office.

Harsha heads L.E.K. Consulting's Technology Infrastructure practice globally (software, data, services, and silicon systems), advising U.S. and global corporates, private equity and hedge funds on a range of shareholder value issues including growth strategy, business model transformation, technology disruptions, product development, pricing and M&A. In technology infrastructure, his expertise spans industry verticals including industrials, healthcare and life sciences; he also has a particular interest in R&D and innovation. He is also a board member in L.E.K.'s Sustainability Center of Excellence.

Prior to joining L.E.K., Harsha spent about 10 years working in product engineering/global R&D services and telecom SI at Wipro and Mindtree. He received a Bachelor of Instrumentation Engineering from the University of Mysore, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.