Karthik is Chief Product Officer at Cornerstone, where he leads product strategy, design, development, delivery and alignment of the company’s world-class learning and talent development solutions. Karthik has general management responsibilities for the Content Business line and is also responsible for Strategic Ecosystem Partnership and Alliances across the portfolio.

Prior to Cornerstone, Karthik led Invitae’s Global Products and Technology organization. Previously, Karthik served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at GE Digital and COO for GE’s Industrial IOT and Data Platform. In addition, he has held leadership roles in platform technology companies including PayPal, eBay, Magento, Yahoo! and Barclays following his early career at GE. Karthik served on the Steering Committee of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Platform and Ecosystems group and is presently on the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Northern California. He has also been the executive sponsor for Women in Tech at the various companies where he’s worked.

Karthik holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Chemistry from BITS, Pilani, India, a Master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University, and a dual MBA from Columbia Business School and University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.