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Sridhar Solur

Investor

CEO of Kenmore's brands at Transformco at Avataar Venture Partners

Greater Boston

About

Sridhar Solur ("Sri") is CEO of Kenmore's brands at Transformco, where he led the turnaround of Kenmore and DieHard. He previously served as Chief Product Officer and GM at Berkshire Grey (industrial robotics) and as CPO at SharkNinja, helping bring products such as the Shark IQ Robot vacuum and Ninja Foodi to market, and was involved in both companies' public listings. Earlier he spent 20 years at Hewlett Packard, including as founder and CPO of CloudPrint, the company's wearables and IoT business.

Experience

  1. Lasko ProductsChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentNorth America
  2. Avataar Venture PartnersPhysical AI and Robotics Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  3. Rewiring AmericaBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  4. Kenmore and BrandsChief Executive Officer2022 — 2026Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Berkshire GreyChief Product Officer, and General Manager for Mobile Robotics2020 — 2022Greater Boston
  6. SharkNinjaChief Product Officer|General Manager2018 — 2020Greater Boston Area
  7. ComcastSenior Vice President, Product and Engineering - Xfinity Home, IOT and Data Services2015 — 2018Greater Philadelphia
  8. HPGeneral Manager, Wearables and IOT1995 — 2015Palo Alto, California
  9. HPDirector, Mobility and Cloud Services2010 — 2013US, West Coast
  10. HPManaging Principal2004 — 2009
  11. HPPractice Manager1995 — 1999
  12. HP UKChief Technologist- Wireless and Networking Practice1999 — 2004

Skills & more

Business Alliances51Product Management99Cloud Computing99Program Management52Go-to-market Strategy55Enterprise Software99IT Strategy32Outsourcing21Pre-sales43Solution Architecture22Start-ups99Mobile Devices99
+12 moreSaaSManaged ServicesSolution SellingIntegrationChannelProfessional ServicesManagementHPChannel PartnersWirelessStorageVirtualization

Languages Hindi · Kannada · Tamil · Urdu

From Sridhar's professional profile.

Colleagues at Avataar Venture Partners

Amit Kumar
Head - Finance COE at Avataar Venture Partners
Anirudh Singh
Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Arjun Vikas
Director at Avataar Venture Partners
Dinky Sanghvi
VP Finance at Avataar Venture Partners
Ganesh Nayak
Fundraising and Capital Markets at Avataar Venture Partners
George Thangadurai
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners
Gulshan Dhanani
Associate at Avataar Venture Partners
Krish Kupathil
Operating Partner at Avataar Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sridhar Solur?
Sridhar Solur ("Sri") is CEO of Kenmore's brands at Transformco, where he led the turnaround of Kenmore and DieHard. He previously served as Chief Product Officer and GM at Berkshire Grey (industrial robotics) and as CPO at SharkNinja, helping bring products such as the Shark IQ Robot vacuum and Ninja Foodi to market, and was involved in both companies' public listings. Earlier he spent 20 years at Hewlett Packard, including as founder and CPO of CloudPrint, the company's wearables and IoT business.
Where does Sridhar Solur work?
Sridhar Solur is CEO of Kenmore's brands at Transformco at Avataar Venture Partners.
Where did Sridhar Solur go to school?
Sridhar Solur studied at Boston University (MBA, Finance and Strategy); NIT (BS/BE, Electronics); Questrom School of Business, Boston University (Master of Business Administration - MBA).

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