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Srikrishna ‘Kris’ Sharma

Chief Partnership Officer (Pro bono) at OpenUK

Srikrishna Sharma, also known as Kris Sharma, has a diverse work history spanning various industries and roles. Srikrishna ‘Kris’ worked at Canonical as a Financial Services Industry Leader from August 2020 onwards. In 2021, they joined OpenUK as their Chief Partnership Officer and Chief Business Community Officer (both pro bono positions). Srikrishna ‘Kris’ also became an Executive Member of the Forbes Finance Council in the same year. In 2022, Kris served on the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA). Prior to these positions, they held roles at Wipro Digital as a Partner (Assoc), CIO Advisory, Associate Practice Partner, and Associate Director. Srikrishna ‘Kris’ was a Global Advisory Council Member at APQC from 2015 to 2017 and worked as a Management Consulting professional at KPMG from 2011 to 2013. Kris also held the position of Director, Commercial Events (pro bono), at PMI UK Chapter from 2010 to 2012. Earlier in their career, they worked at IBM as a Managing Consultant and at Tata Consultancy Services in various senior and managerial consulting roles.

Srikrishna 'Kris' Sharma's education history includes attending Stanford University for Product Management. The specific dates of enrollment and degree obtained are not provided. Additionally, they pursued a Master of Science degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Again, the exact dates of enrollment and completion are not specified.

In terms of additional certifications, Sharma obtained the following: Speaker: Open Source in Finance Forum NY 2022 from The Linux Foundation in December 2022, Speaker: Open Source Strategy Forum London 2021 from The Linux Foundation in February 2022, and LeanIX Partner Certification from LeanIX in December 2019.

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Timeline

  • Chief Partnership Officer (Pro bono)

    May, 2023 - present

  • Chief Business Community Officer (pro bono)

    June, 2021