Resume • Harish Kotra | Hackathons, Developer Relations & No-Code

Experience

9 years, 8 months

Gaia

Developer Relations Lead

Jan 2025 - Present (1 yr, 1 m) • remote • full-time

I lead a Developer Relations team dedicated to advancing the capabilities of AI agents and empowering developers to build the next generation of intelligent applications using Gaia's open-source framework.

My role involves:

Spearheading the design and implementation of our Developer Relations strategy, with a strong emphasis on clear OKRs to measure impact and success in the AI space.
Mentoring and managing a team of DevRel professionals, guiding their priorities and providing hands-on support as they build and showcase AI agents using our open-source framework called Gaia.
Actively contributing to the development of AI agents and creating resources that simplify complex AI concepts for developers.
Fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration within the team to deliver exceptional developer experiences and drive platform adoption.
Work with partners across web2 and web3 to build, run, scale and launch their own AI agents and integrate with Gaia as their decentralize

ReactJS

JavaScriptDeveloper RelationsDeveloper Advocacyai

Web3

Machine LearningMarketing

Blockchain

AngelHack

Community Lead Architect

Jul 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 yr, 2 m) • remote • full-time

With a strong background in community building and developer engagement, at Tribe and AngelHack, my primary focus is on nurturing local communities and community builders around the world, strategising and implementing effective initiatives. Here's a glimpse of my expertise:

Global Network: Identifying and engaging with resourceful individuals across the globe, fostering connections and collaborations.
Developer Engagement: My passion lies in enhancing developer experiences and engagement, particularly through platforms like Discord, Slack, etc.
Program Development: I thrive on ideation and brainstorming, creating innovative programs tailored to the unique needs of our community members.
Tool Development: Building essential tools for developer communities, supporting builders participating in hackathons, in-person and virtual events, and incubator programs.
Community Experience: My ultimate goal is to craft seamless and enriching experiences for all members, regardless of the platform.

Community BuildingDeveloper RelationsDeveloper Experience

Regional Manager, South Asia

Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 yr, 11 m) • san francisco | south asia | remote • full-time

iBot Inc.

Product Manager, Cloud & Apps

Dec 2018 - Aug 2019 (8 m) • hyderabad, telangana, india

Deep Red Ink

Head of Technology

Oct 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 yr, 2 m) • hyderabad

Education

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering

2009 - 2013

Certification

Speaker: OpenSearchCon India 2025

The Linux Foundation ↗

Jun 2025 - No Expiry

Freshworks Certified App Developer (Foundations)

Freshworks ↗

Apr 2023 - No Expiry

Volunteering

Creative Lead

Pioneers

Jun 2014 - Sep 2016

Pioneers started in Europe as a one day technology and networking focused event where smartest minds in tech and science come and showcase their works and spark ideas which can change the future for us. As the creative lead for PU India, I am responsible for handling media and resources for all the events here in India, currently with the first one in Hyderabad on July and the second one scheduled on November 14, 2014.

City Ambassador & Hackathon Lead

Weekend Ventures

Dec 2013 - Dec 2016

My responsibilites as City Evangelist include the following tasks: Bring along a team to conduct startup events and events under the brand name Weekend Ventures of which include the most popular startup launch event which extends during the whole weekend for about 54 hour. I am also responsible to bring in enthusiastic crowd to the event who want to startup and are looking for a platform to learn, ideate and share their passion towards the startup community. Calling prominent people in the startup community in Hyderabad to be part of the event as mentors and guide the participants as to what all challenges and consequences they will have to face to startup. First ever edition of Weekend Ventures was a big success of which a glimpse can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/weekendventures

India Lead

Geekli.st

Dec 2013 - Dec 2016

Geekli.st is the world's largest platform to share, work and meet new developers through out the world. One of the initiatives of geekli.st includes #hack4good. #hack4good is world's leading hackathon for contributing back to the society and building something that can change the world in some way. #hack4good involves solving great problems NGOs in the local cities and NGOs through out the world face on a day to day basis. One large weekend spent to build great apps using technology and solving problems and trying to make a world a better place is the purpose of #hack4good is. I represent #hack4good as the lead in Hyderabad and stand as one of the leading ambassadors. #hack4good saw a good crowd with over 170 people registering for the first edition in a span of just 2 days. One of the projects built at Hyderabad also stood as top 3rd project through out the whole world. #hack4good is not about winning prizes, its about how much can we give back to the world we live in. A glimpse of

Ambassador

AngelHack

Sep 2013 - Present

AngelHack is a female-owned, female-majority company and the world’s largest and most diverse developer ecosystem. As innovation experts and leaders in the hackathon space, we help various NGOs, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies tap into tech ecosystems around the world. Our team organizes 100+ hackathons annually in over 65 countries around the world, and has built up a global community of 150,000! I've organized about 10 hackathons for the past 5 years for AngelHack here in India in cities including, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Vizag and Kochi. I've been an active and one of the senior ambassadors of the AngelHack community helping grow from nothing to 20000+ people today.

Technical Writer

Student Live

May 2011 - Jun 2016

Only Tech Author since the inception of Student Live, a student start-up (now extinct) was an online lifestyle magazine for and by the students. Contributed articles on latest advancements in tech spectrum and continuing the same with over 135 articles. All the articles pertain to learning coding online for free, various gadgets available in the market, comparisons, reviews, latest releases, tech advancements and more.

Harish Kotra

Developer Relations Lead @Gaia (gaianet.ai) Judge & Mentor @ ETHDenver, Ex-Head of Platforms & Community @AngelHack.