About Hari Krishnan | AI & Platform Strategist

Hari Krishnan
AI & Platform Strategist · Founder & CEO, Polarizer Technologies
harikrishnan.io · intent-driven.dev

About

Hari Krishnan is an AI & Platform Strategist with over 20 years driving technology transformations, technology strategy, and AI adoption at scale. He has led enterprise-wide initiatives in architecture, developer experience, test automation, and AI adoption across banking, telecom, logistics, and retail.

As the creator of intent-driven.dev, he shares Spec-Driven Development and other context-engineering techniques that enable effective human–agent collaboration through clear articulation of intent. He is the founder and CEO of Polarizer Technologies, where he helps large teams adopt these practices in the messy realities of modern software delivery.

Hari is the author of Spec-Driven Development: Engineering with intent (Manning), a tool-agnostic playbook for closing the gap between what you mean and what your AI coding agents actually build. Buy the book on Manning.

He is a frequent conference speaker and writes for publications such as InfoQ and this blog, which is his field notebook on Spec-Driven Development, context engineering, and what actually happens when you build software with AI agents. For the structured methodology, workflow diagrams, and tooling comparisons, see intent-driven.dev.

Areas of expertise

• Spec-Driven Development
• Context Engineering
• Harness Engineering
• Agentic Coding
• AI-Native Software Engineering
• AI Adoption & Technology Strategy
• Developer Experience
• Test Automation
• Platform Engineering

Community & credentials

• Founder & CEO, Polarizer Technologies
• Author, Spec-Driven Development: Engineering with intent (Manning Publications)
• OpenSpec maintainer / advisor
• AsyncAPI Ambassador
• Author on InfoQ
• International conference speaker on context engineering, Spec-Driven Development, and AI-native software delivery (Sessionize profile)

Connect

• LinkedIn: professional background and ongoing updates
• YouTube: talks and walkthroughs on intent-driven development
• GitHub: open-source projects and code
• Blog: long-form writing on SDD and context engineering
• Sessionize: conference sessions and speaking topics
• InfoQ: articles on spec-driven development and AI-assisted engineering
• X/Twitter: @HariKrishnan83

Work with Hari

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Last updated: October 2026