Krishna Bharathala

Krishna Bharathala is an accomplished professional currently serving as a Product Manager at Sierra since November 2024 and as a Venture Partner at Contrary since August 2021. Previous experience includes a membership role at South Park Commons, where involvement focused on the development of Saffire, AI tax software for the aviation industry, and explorations in electrification and AI-powered material sciences. As a Co-Founder and CTO of Clipbook.io from January 2022 to December 2023, Krishna led the engineering and product organization to democratize media monitoring. Prior experience includes roles at ARPA-E, Google, and Hack4Impact, with significant contributions in product management, market analysis, and software development. Krishna holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, as well as multiple degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School.