Vivek Sharma helps boards and CEOs navigate what AI is rewriting — how to win deals, shape the business, and earn investor confidence. He advises CEOs of pre-IPO, venture-backed, and PE-owned companies scaling AI-driven businesses — bringing the perspective of a CEO, a board director, and an operator, not just an advisor.

Vivek serves on the boards of Kaiser Permanente, JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), and Coforge (NSE: COFORGE). He previously served on the board of Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), helping transition the company from PE ownership to a $1B IPO — the largest global tech services IPO in over a decade. He is an adjunct professor of data sciences at the University of Southern California, a member of Caltech's Information Science & Technology (IST) Advisory Council, and a Senior Advisor for AI at Advent, a $90B global private equity firm. An accomplished author, he has written two books — C-SPARK and WIREFRAMED — along with multiple articles for Harvard Business Review and the National Association of Corporate Directors, including "It's Time for Boards to Take AI Seriously," "Which Skills Will Survive the AI Onslaught?," "6 Ways AI Could Disrupt Your Business," and "Shift Your Focus to Strategic AI Risks." Vivek is an active member of the WSJ Board of Directors Council, the World50 Board Excellence Group, and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC).

Previously, as CEO and co-founder of InStride, a Los Angeles-based EdTech company launched in 2018, Vivek scaled it to $100M+ profitable ARR in four years and a spot on Fortune's "Global Impact 20" list, leading a 200-person team that partnered with 41 major corporations. Before InStride, Vivek spent six years at The Walt Disney Company as Senior Vice President of Digital Guest Experience & E-commerce, overseeing a $10 billion online business and serving 150 million guests annually across Disney's global theme parks, resorts, cruises, restaurants, and retail operations. Earlier in his career, Vivek held leadership roles at Yahoo for four years — serving as General Manager of Yahoo Mail & Messenger and Vice President of Yahoo Search — and spent eight years as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Vivek graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France.