Vivek Sharma

Vivek Sharma helps boards and management teams grow their businesses through AI, data, and digital transformation.

As CEO and co-founder of InStride, a Los Angeles-based EdTech company established in 2019, Vivek transformed the company into a profitable 200-person enterprise. Under his four years of leadership, InStride partnered with 41 major corporations and earned a spot on Fortune’s ‘Global Impact 20’ list. Prior to InStride, Vivek spent six years at The Walt Disney Company as Senior Vice President, Digital Guest Experience & eCommerce, leading a $10 billion eCommerce business and serving 150 million guests annually across Disney’s global network of theme parks, resorts, cruises, restaurants and retail businesses. In earlier stints, Vivek served at Yahoo for four years as General Manager of Yahoo Mail & Messenger and Vice President of Yahoo Search, and at McKinsey & Company for eight years as Associate Partner of technology practice.

Mr. Sharma serves as a director on the boards of JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and Kaiser Permanente. He is an adjunct professor of data science at the University of Southern California and a member of the Innovation Science & Technology (IST) advisory council at Caltech. His expertise lies in AI and data, digital transformation, business growth strategy, and corporate governance.

He holds as degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and an MBA from INSEAD, France.