Harsh Kumar is a managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray covering the semiconductor sector. Harsh joined Piper Jaffray in 2017; he has covered the semiconductor industry since the mid-1990s. Kumar has primarily focused on communication, analog and compound semiconductor companies within the sector. He was recognized as a Wall Street Journal Best on the Street analyst in 2008 and 2010 in the semiconductor category. Kumar graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in engineering from the University of Poona in India and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas, Arlington.