About the Founder
Ravindra Harige's journey in search technology began with a Master's in Artificial Intelligence from VU University Amsterdam, starting in 2011, where his focus on NLP, machine learning, Semantic Web, and Knowledge Representation shaped his approach to structured data systems.
Professional Experience
After graduating, he spent a decade addressing search challenges across industries, mastering content understanding, data engineering, query understanding, relevancy, ranking, and system operations. At LexisNexis Intellectual Property, he progressed from software engineering to data science, later becoming Senior Solutions Architect. There, he led development for a global IP search platform, managing a 230-node Elasticsearch cluster to support millions of daily queries while partnering with product leaders to solve customer pain points. His work throughout his industry career relied heavily on Lucene-based keyword search engines like Solr, Elasticsearch, and OpenSearch, building his foundations in search systems.
Founding Searchplex
In 2021, Ravindra founded Searchplex with a goal to help companies solve their search problems, enabling him to work with global organizations across domains like legal tech, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, enterprise platforms, and health sciences. Along the way, he and his team embraced modern techniques—using vectors, embeddings, and large language models—to address these challenges more effectively and bring engaging search experiences to users.
His core specialty remains search and retrieval systems, delivering expert guidance and hands-on support to help organizations worldwide optimize mission-critical systems. Ravindra's mission is to solve search challenges, blending proven techniques with today's innovations to drive measurable value.