Vivek Sharma helps CEOs, boards, and executive teams drive growth through AI, data science, and digital transformation.

Vivek serves on the boards of Kaiser Permanente, JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), and Coforge (NSE: COFORGE). He is an adjunct professor of data science at the University of Southern California, a member of Caltech's Innovation Science & Technology (IST) Advisory Council, and a Senior Advisor for AI at Advent International, a $90B global private equity firm. Vivek also advises CEOs of pre-IPO and scaling companies on AI-led growth, strategy, and governance. 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 into a profitable, 200-person company. During his four years of leadership, InStride partnered with 41 major corporations, saved employees $630 million in potential student debt, and earned a spot on Fortune's "Global Impact 20" list. 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.