We're Harness

Jyoti Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and technology visionary who believes passionately in software’s ability to change the world for the better. He co-founded Harness in 2017 to automate and simplify all software delivery processes, and serves as CEO. In 2018, he co-founded Traceable, the leading API security platform, and venture capital firm Unusual Ventures. Unusual Ventures is reinventing the VC engagement model by providing entrepreneurs with an unprecedented level of services. Unusual closed its third fund in 2022 and currently has over $1B under management. In 2008, Jyoti founded application intelligence company AppDynamics, which he led to a $3.7B acquisition by Cisco in 2017. 

The recipient of multiple leadership awards, Jyoti has been named Forbes’ “Best Cloud Computing CEO to Work for,” San Francisco Business Times’ “Best CEO,” Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year™ for Northern California,” and more.

Jyoti received his B.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Prior to founding AppDynamics, he worked at several Silicon Valley startups as a software engineer and architect. Jyoti is the lead inventor on over 20 U.S. patents.

Jason Eubanks brings 20 years of experience scaling and driving revenue at category-defining, high-growth tech companies. 

As the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Harness he leads the company's global customer organization, which includes sales, marketing, and customer success.  Jason joined Harness in 2018 in the first year of taking Harness to market. Under Jason’s leadership, Harness has experienced unprecedented customer growth of over 20x, and the company valuation has soared 30x to $3.7B.

Prior to joining Harness, Jason led the global new business sales, global alliances, sales development, and services organizations at cloud communications API platform company Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) through a multi-billion dollar IPO in 2016. 

Jason led worldwide enterprise sales at Meraki; the world’s first cloud networking company, growing from $11M to $600M in revenue over a 4 year period resulting in a successful acquisition by Cisco in 2012. Jason also served as the CRO of Markforged (NYSE:MKFG); the first cloud managed 3D printing platform, where he executed a highly successful go-to-market strategy resulting in 400% growth in bookings and tripling employee headcount, paving the way for a $2.1B IPO.

Previously, Jason held leadership roles at CA Technologies and BMC Software.

Scott is a global marketing and growth executive with a 25-year track record of creating and executing marketing and growth strategies that deliver results for both growth-stage, VC-backed startups and Fortune 100s alike. Most recently Scott was Head of Cloud Native and Developer Marketing at AWS, where he was responsible for leading the global marketing and growth efforts across a portfolio that spanned services like Containers, Serverless, and Developer Tools. Prior to AWS, Scott was part of the executive team that helped grow Metacloud to acquisition by Cisco, where he went on to build a global cloud marketing and growth function that helped create what has become a successful $15B software and subscription business.

An experienced leader, Scott has built and inspired teams to deliver strategies and campaigns that have achieved winning positions in SaaS and cloud infrastructure. He’s even helped lead a Presidential campaign.

John Bonney oversees the Harness company’s finance and accounting function. Prior to Harness, he oversaw rapid growth as the CFO at Mapbox as well as FinancialForce, the latter quadrupling revenues to over $100M during his tenure. Prior to that, he was the Division CFO of the Cloud Business unit at SAP where he oversaw over $1 billion of Cloud revenues across multiple business units, products, and geographies. Bonney joined SAP from Ariba as a senior finance executive who helped drive rapid expansion and ultimately the sale of Ariba to SAP for $4.3 billion.

Luan Lam is the Chief People Officer, responsible for all Harness People/Workplace Strategies & Operations.

In his most recent position at AppDynamics, he led the Talent Acquisition & Operations function where he was instrumental in scaling the company from 150 to almost 2,000 employees globally. He is also a talent advisor to Unusual Ventures.

Previously, Luan has served as an advisor for companies like PlanGrid, Headhuntr.io, and 8×8 Inc. He also served as a Guest Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley for the “Organization and Management” course with the International Diploma Programs. Luan holds a degree in International Relations from the University of California, Davis. He has written articles on the “War for Talent”; and has been featured in several publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and San Francisco Business Times, specifically on the art and science behind recruiting.

Thiya is responsible for leading the company’s global engineering organization, including its R&D; teams in San Francisco and Bangalore, India.Thiya previously spent five years scaling Zoom from less than 12 million ARR in the early days to post IPO growth, ultimately leading a team of more than 600 people, launching the company’s marketplace, and significantly expanding its ecosystem. Thiya has also held key engineering leadership roles at Saba, Plantronics, and Cisco.