Hari Raja Email & Phone Number

Hari Raja is a Product - News App Platform and Foundations at The New York Times. He possess expertise in market research, leadership, social media, strategy, e commerce and 33 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Hari is a fabulous communicator, he's reliable, responsive and resourceful. During our time together at Groupon he was my team's go-to problem solver. For example, Hari once worked with me from midnight until 2AM the night before a huge campaign launched to help fix an error we noticed. It wasn't within the scope of his responsibilities to help me fix it , but he was able to troubleshoot the issue and create a fix. He saved the campaign, without his help our promo would've launched with incorrect inventory, costing us tens of thousands of dollars in the hour or two it would've taken for us to fix it in the morning. In addition to being dependable and a whiz at problem solving, Hari developed a product that enabled Groupon's merchandising verticals to display an optimized mix of curated inventory, essentially empowering us to do our jobs better. I've witnessed a few situations where he's had to teach a colleague how to use a product after everyone else had learned, or re-explain how to fix a common operations error, and he is consistently kind and patient. Hari is a living testament of one of Groupon's core values, that "Great People Make Great Companies.", "Hari is one of the most hardworking, detail-oriented, and professional people I've had the pleasure to work with. He has a can-do attitude no matter how difficult the hurdles are or the extra hours required to get the job done. Hari is a master at balancing multiple projects and problem solving. His efforts and positive attitude make large-scale projects achievable. Hari is an asset to not only his team but all those that work directly with him.", and "I worked alongside Hari Raja for about 2 years at Groupon while the company was still in its heyday as a start up. Hari and I may have had the same job title but it was common knowledge that Hari brought our team's initiatives to the next level in terms of finding creative solutions to tough problems. Our team worked on a front-end web feature that helped online users personalize the kinds of merchandise they wanted to be exposed to. Since Groupon was still in its infancy, this type of development had not been done before within the company and, as a result, our team was frequently beset with very curious and tangled up challenges. Hari was always a beacon of positivity and professionalism in approaching problems. He brought incredible knowledge of outside products and applications for our team to use. He also took huge initiatives within Groupon to mine data, teach himself computer languages, and create graphical information that helped us all see a path to improvement of our web feature. There were a lot of "Eureka!" moments when Hari was around. Even when I became a Social Media Manager within Groupon, I still frequently consulted with Hari on topics like best practices and designing certain marketing initiatives. He was so generous with his time and always had 5 minutes to spare if I needed to run an idea past him or look for new insight in data I was collecting for my own purposes. Hari Raja is hardworking, insightful, creative and always in-the-know. He is also, incidentally, a great guy and I consider him to be a great friend. Hari Raja is always up to the task and I recommend him for any position where he can shine."

Listed skills include Market Research, Leadership, Social Media, Strategy, and 34 others.