Vivek Sharma

Vivek Sharma builds & grows businesses through AI, Data and Digital.

Vivek’s executive roles include CEO of InStride, a Los Angeles based EdTech company he co-founded in 2019. Under his leadership for four years, InStride grew to a profitable 200-person company, helping employees in 41 large corporations avoid $630 Million of student debt, for which it was named to 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 theme parks, resorts, cruises, guided travel adventures, restaurants and retail businesses globally. 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.

Vivek serves as board director for Kaiser Permanente and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), where he also chairs the Technology committee. He is an adjunct professor of data science at University of Southern California, teaching the graduate course ‘Digital Foundations to Business Innovation’. Vivek is the author of two books - "C-SPARK: CEO-led Workforce Education for the AGE of AND" & "WIREFRAMED: Simplifying Digital Innovation for Business Leaders", as well as two HBR articles - ‘It's Time for Boards to Take AI Seriously’ & '6 Ways AI Could Disrupt Your Business'. He is also a strategic advisor to startup CEOs on GTM/growth, product development and governance/leadership.

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