About
Sridhar Kummam is the founder and principal at Summit Works and a Harvard Business School alumnus. He has spent 17 years in financial services technology, including roles at Lumesis as director of application development and at Markit, which was subsequently acquired by S&P Global for $44 billion. His experience encompasses designing and implementing large-scale technology solutions across established organizations and early-stage startups, with particular focus on fintech, regulatory technology, and frontier technology sectors.
Experience
- Summit WorksFounder and Principalcurrent2022 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Harvard Business ReviewAdvisory Councilcurrent2024 — present
- A Company Stealth ModeCo-Founder2023 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- Lumesis, Inc.Director, Application Development2012 — 2018Stamford, Connecticut
- MarkitVice President, Markit Client Site2009 — 2012New York City
- Legg MasonSenior Java Consultant2008Stamford, CT
- UBS Investment Bank (Headstrong)Consultant2007 — 2008Stamford, CT
- Banc of America Securities (Headstrong)Consultant2004 — 2007Bangalore/New York City
- Polaris Software LabSoftware Engineer2003 — 2004Mumbai, India
Skills & more
JMS6SQL3Oracle2Enterprise Software2PL/SQL2Java13Struts2Weblogic2Core Java2Hibernate3JSP2Tomcat5
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)Spring FrameworkJenkinsEarly-Stage StartupsSDLCSOAJava Enterprise EditionBusiness AnalysisSolution ArchitectureSoftware Project ManagementRequirements AnalysisAgile MethodologiesFrom Sridhar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Crimson Investment Fund
Bill Eldridge
Investor at Crimson Investment Fund
Deepti Chhiber
Investor & Advisor at Crimson Investment Fund
GianCarlo Pavia
Advisor & Co-Founder at Crimson Investment Fund
Govind Sodani
Investor at Crimson Investment Fund
Igor Minaev
Investor at Crimson Investment Fund
Ilja Malkin
Investor & Co-Founder at Crimson Investment Fund
Imran Admadzada
Investor at Crimson Investment Fund
John Kojiro Moriwaka
Venture Partner - Japan at Mendoza Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sridhar Kummam?
- Sridhar Kummam is the founder and principal at Summit Works and a Harvard Business School alumnus. He has spent 17 years in financial services technology, including roles at Lumesis as director of application development and at Markit, which was subsequently acquired by S&P Global for $44 billion. His experience encompasses designing and implementing large-scale technology solutions across established organizations and early-stage startups, with particular focus on fintech, regulatory technology, and frontier technology sectors.
- Where does Sridhar Kummam work?
- Sridhar Kummam is Investor (USA) at Crimson Investment Fund.
- Where did Sridhar Kummam go to school?
- Sridhar Kummam studied at Harvard Business School (Executive Education - Exec MBA (Program for Leadership Development)); Harvard Business School Executive Education (Private Equity and Venture Capital (Advanced)); National Institute of Technology Warangal (B.Tech, Electronics and Communications Engineering).
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