I had the privilege of meeting Prahasith during the early stages of our startups, Mimir, acquired by HackerRank and Socio, acquired by Cisco, and his journey from dropping out of Purdue to Y Combinator and building a world class team with an exceptional culture left its mark on me.
What sets Prahasith apart as an operator / executive is his unique ability to blend both "product" and "go-to-market" expertise. Prahasith and the Mimir team, who eventually achieved a successful acquisition by Hackerrank, navigated the startup rollercoaster like very few can and do. I'm grateful for his influence on my journey, and I recommend him to anyone seeking a visionary leader and entrepreneur in their team.
- Yarkin Sakucoglu, GM Cisco, Former CEO and Founder Socio
This guy had my back on a global, R&D-wide project. I'd trust him with my open laptop. How many engineers would say that about their PM?
Really though, for the short time we were together, I appreciated his attention to detail and how thoughtful, and most importantly, how complete, his product requirements were. Highly recommend; would work with him again.
- Rachel Tsai, Frontend Developer II HackerRank
Prahasith has been a great colleague and mentor to me for over 10 years in the industry. At my first company we would have long discussions about product decisions and sales growth as we were both working to get our products off the ground. After Prah sold his company to HackerRank he continued to make introductions for me and advise me on business strategy. Prahasith is an extremely conscientious person and any team would be bolstered with him on it.
- Everett Berry, Head of Growth Vantage, Former CEO Perceive
I was fortunate to work with Prah for close to 3 years together at HackerRank, following the acquisition of his company. Our highlight together was partnering to lead a virtual career fair event, hosting dozens of customers and thousands of students from across the globe. Throughout the planning and implementation, Prah was a constant professional, helping think through the logistics of the event, coordinating with stakeholders and vendors, and made himself available to our Customer Success team for guidance, literally any time of day. We (and our customers) saw some great results from the two annual events, and couldn't have done it without Prah's leadership.
Prah's drive to improve the platform and experience for not only customers, but also our own employees was truly appreciated. His approach to leading a project, product, and team were always to communicate clearly and treat everyone with respect. He consistently dedicated significants amount of time to examine situations from multiple angles and get a true sense of the challenge at hand, which in turn gave us the opportunity to create solutions that would be beneficial to all. I look forward to everything Prah will continue to accomplish in his career, and hope that one day our paths will cross again.
- Bob Masuda, Director of Customer Success Litmos, Former Sr. Customer Success Manager HackerRank
I have had the pleasure of working with Prah for nearly five years and can confidently say that he is a dedicated professional, a servant leader that knows software product development and leading agile teams.
Prah’s has a unique ability to get the best out of those he leads with his positive attitude and great communication while maintaining high quality work. I have no doubt that Prah will continue to excel in his future endeavors and highly recommend him.
- Lee Morgan, Strategic Business MillerKnoll, Lecturer SJSU, Former GTM Leader Mimir, Ph.D
