Where does Lava Kumar work?

Lava Kumar is Decode Platform Lead at Entropik.

Where did Lava Kumar go to school?

Lava Kumar studied at William & Mary (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); University of Madras (B.E, Electrical Engineering).

Lava Kumar

Decode Platform Lead at Entropik

San Francisco Bay Area

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Sumit JoharunlockedLava: together at Nortel Networks (2006–2007)

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About

Lava Kumar is the Founder and CEO of Entropik, where he leads development of Decode, a unified AI platform that measures human behavior, emotion, and decision signals using facial coding, eye tracking, and voice tonality. The platform is used by more than 150 global brands for creative, product, and experience decisions. Before founding Entropik, Kumar spent roughly a decade in adtech and product leadership roles at Yahoo and Vodafone.

Decode Platform Lead at Entropik

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Entropik's investors · 2

Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks PavestoneHyderabad · $3M – $8M checks

Co-founders at Entropik

Bharat Singh ShekhawatCo-founder and Head of Engineering

Experience

EntropikFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
EntropikCo-Founder & CPO2017 — 2024Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
VodafoneChief Product Owner - TaaS Platform2016 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
OperativeSenior Director of Product Management2013 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
OperativeSenior Product Manager2011 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
YahooAssociate Product Manager2009 — 2011
Bon Secours Health SystemStrategy Consultant2009Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area
MotorolaProduct Marketing Manager2008 — 2009Greater Philadelphia
Nippon ExpressProduct Marketing Manager Intern2008Norfolk City County, Virginia, United States
Nortel NetworksSenior Engineer - Layer 1/2 Protocol Development2004 — 2007

Skills & more

Decode by Entropik18Sales OperationsSales Processes12Start-up Leadership5Fundraising3Start-up Ventures3Venture Capital1Sales1Entrepreneurship1Go-to-Market Strategy2Qatalyst1Business Development1

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Account ManagementProduct ManagementStrategyManagementAnalyticsBusiness StrategySaaSCompetitive AnalysisManagement ConsultingProject ManagementConsultingBusiness Intelligence

Advanced Digital Signal Processing — Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Pragmatic Marketing - Product Management — Pragmatic Institute

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Who is Lava Kumar?: Lava Kumar is the Founder and CEO of Entropik, where he leads development of Decode, a unified AI platform that measures human behavior, emotion, and decision signals using facial coding, eye tracking, and voice tonality. The platform is used by more than 150 global brands for creative, product, and experience decisions. Before founding Entropik, Kumar spent roughly a decade in adtech and product leadership roles at Yahoo and Vodafone.
Where does Lava Kumar work?: Lava Kumar is Decode Platform Lead at Entropik.
Where did Lava Kumar go to school?: Lava Kumar studied at William & Mary (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); University of Madras (B.E, Electrical Engineering).

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Mike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Genping LiuGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Kip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton Partners Clint ChaoGeneral Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc Anupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

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