# Manish Kumar

> Manish Kumar is the Milpitas-based co-founder and CTO of Lumber, an AI-powered workforce-management platform for construction contractors. An IIT Kanpur graduate and named inventor on a series of Oracle project-planning patents, he now leads the technology behind software for payroll, compliance, time tracking and field operations in an industry where the exceptions are often the whole problem.

- **Role:** CTO & Co-Founder at Lumber
- **Organizations:** Lumber, Oracle, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- **Education:** B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- **Known for:** Co-founded Lumber and serves as its CTO., Helped build a construction workforce platform spanning payroll, time tracking, compliance, HR and field operations., Named inventor on multiple Oracle project-planning patents, including US 9,818,076 for a Visual Resource Allocation System.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1999** — Studied for a B.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
- **2014** — While working on Oracle project-planning technology, was named as an inventor on patent applications covering visual resource allocation, project-team staffing, compatibility-based resource selection and project forecasting.
- **2017** — The Oracle patent for a Visual Resource Allocation System was granted as US 9,818,076.
- **2019-2021** — Additional project-planning inventions associated with Kumar were granted, including resource demand-based team staffing, project charts with soft constraints, Smart Planner and multi-calendar changes.
- **2023** — Co-founded Lumber with Shreesha Ramdas and became CTO; Lumberfi Inc. filed in California in September.
- **2025** — Lumber announced a $15.5 million Series A led by Foundation Capital after launching eight products during the prior year.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Lumber and serves as its CTO.
- Helped build a construction workforce platform spanning payroll, time tracking, compliance, HR and field operations.
- Named inventor on multiple Oracle project-planning patents, including US 9,818,076 for a Visual Resource Allocation System.
- Built and scaled engineering and product teams, according to former Oracle colleagues.
- Helped lead Lumber through a product expansion of eight launches and a $15.5 million Series A announced in March 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Lumber announced a $15.5 million Series A led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Tishman Speyer, Carbide Ventures, 8VC, Sure Ventures and FirsthandVC.
- **2025-03** — Kumar said the funding would support continued development of Lumber's agentic AI platform and thanked the company's investors and team.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lumberfi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-kumar-700a709

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Last updated: 2026-09-27