Executive Team

Manu Warikoo

Manu Warikoo

Senior Vice President, Solutions

As Senior Vice President of Solutions, Manu Warikoo spearheads Operative’s charge as a software product innovator and technology leader in the media industry. Operative’s Solutions team is responsible for managing Operative’s product offerings including the strategy, roadmap, and features. In addition, the team is responsible for the adoption of Operative’s products and services, by helping clients leverage ad business management best practices and integrate various advertising and business technologies into an end-to-end platform solution.

Most recently, Manu was a Founder and VP at FirstRain, a leading SaaS based search driven market research data warehouse for investment managers and corporate marketing professionals, used by over 100 companies. Prior to FirstRain, Manu was at MicroStrategy, where he had multiple leadership roles, including Director of Product Management and Director of Engineering. He was an instrumental product and technology contributor to the core analytics platform which today is used by more than 2,000 companies worldwide.

Manu received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.