Harsh Kumar

Helping fashion brands cut design-to-launch by 60% with AI | 10+ years fashion tech | 40u40 Apparel Resources | Fynd Create

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

Most fashion brands are still running a 6-month design cycle in a world where trends peak in 21 days. I’ve spent 10+ years in fashion technology - from CLO Virtual Fashion (where I visited 100+ brand operations across Southeast Asia) to Fynd Create - and the pattern is always the same: Design takes too long. Sampling burns the budget. Photography stalls the catalogue. And by the time the collection drops, the window has closed. At Fynd Create, we’ve built the AI infrastructure to fix this. I work with fashion brand founders, design heads, and merchandising leaders to compress the entire design-to-market cycle: AI trend research that replaces weeks of manual work Moodboard to factory-ready tech pack in hours, not weeks AI product photography - 80% cheaper than studio shoots Sourcing from 800+ certified manufacturers with built-in QC Concept to shelf in 21 days (not 6 months) Brands like Superdry and Lounge are cutting design-to-launch by 60% with Fynd Create. If your design-to-market process is the bottleneck in your growth, I’d love to show you what’s changed. What we do: AI-powered design, tech packs, photography & sourcing Who I work with: Fashion founders, design heads, merchandising teams Recognised: 40 Under 40, Apparel Resources Reach me via inbox to know more.

Experience

  • Associate Director - Global at Fynd
    Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    Leading global growth for Fynd Create — an AI-native platform that helps fashion and apparel brands compress their entire design-to-market cycle from months to weeks. I work with fashion brand founders, creative directors, and merchandising teams across India, GCC, Southeast Asia, and Australia to replace slow, expensive design workflows with AI-powered infrastructure: AI-led design: trend research to factory-ready tech packs in hours AI product photography: 80% lower cost than studio shoots Cloud manufacturing: sourcing from 800+ certified manufacturers Result: concept to shelf in 21 days, 60% reduction in design-to-launch timelines Key milestones at Fynd: Showcased Fynd Create at Global Sourcing Expo Melbourne - helping brands like Superdry and Lounge cut design-to-launch by 60% Building partnerships across fashion, D2C, and retail in GCC, SEA, and Australia Recognised as 40 Under 40 by Apparel Resources.

  • Business Development Manager - South Asia & Middle East at CLO Virtual Fashion
    Feb 2021 - Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Led business development and client engagement for CLO Virtual Fashion across Southeast Asia - the leading 3D garment design and simulation platform used by global fashion brands. Owned full-cycle enterprise SaaS sales for 3D transformation programs, from executive discovery to negotiation, close, and rollout alignment. Delivered XX% YoY revenue growth and X00% increase in new client revenue, improving retention across XX0 enterprise customers. Generated >$XM individual ARR, contributing to $XM team ARR; closed $X00K–$X000K deals with 3–6 month sales cycles. Led C-level and cross-functional stakeholder alignment across South Asia & beyond; expanded into new markets with repeatable GTM playbooks. Raised customer experience standards by reducing response/SLA to 24 hours and translating market insights into product feedback with UX/dev teams. Conducted 100+ client visits across Southeast Asia → Observed 1,000+ design and manufacturing workflows → Built deep expertise at the intersection of 3D fashion technology and apparel manufacturing → Worked with brands from design studios to factory floors, understanding the full garment lifecycle. This experience gave me a ground-level understanding of how fashion brands actually operate — the bottlenecks, the waste,and the opportunities for technology to transform the process.

  • Founding Supply lead at Fashinza
    Apr 2020 - Feb 2021 · 11 mos

  • Consultant - Product Development & Implementation at Coats Digital
    Jul 2017 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Partnered with Product to launch Intello‑3C, leveraging AI to strengthen supplier–buyer negotiation outcomes. Led business process re-engineering for leading apparel manufacturers across SEA, converting complex operations into scalable digital workflows. Delivered enterprise SaaS implementations (intellocut, intellobuy, intello3C & GSD) with Agile execution—scoping, integration, rollout coordination, and stakeholder adoption. Ran multiple work-streams with executive-level governance; improved issue-resolution speed by 40% through Strategy driven communications. Produced quantifiable business impact: agility +25%, project performance +20%, completion time −25%, plus 18% revenue growth and 12% cost reduction via value stream mapping automation.

  • Product Development Merchandiser at CTA Apparels Private Limited
    Sep 2016 - Jun 2017 · 10 mos