Vivek Sharma

Sharma has extensive experience in building and growing businesses profitably through the application of digital technology. He is the CEO and founder of InStride, a strategic enterprise education company that enables employers to provide career-boosting degrees, certificates and credentials to their employees through leading global universities. He previously served as Senior Vice President of eCommerce and Digital Guest Experience at The Walt Disney Company.

Sharma is also an adjunct professor of data science at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, where he teaches business innovation to graduate students. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Earlier in his career, he was the General Manager of Yahoo Mail & Messenger, Vice President of Product Management for Yahoo Search, and Associate Partner with the Technology Practice of McKinsey & Company.