Sharad is a data & analytics thought leader, strategic thinker, and technologist specializing in GenAI, Data Products / Data Mesh, Data Integration, Data Governance and Cloud. In his current role as Field CTO for Data in Americas at Qlik, Sharad Kumar is responsible for technical leadership, customer engagement, sales support, and providing input and feedback to product development around Qlik’s diverse portfolio of data integration and data quality products.

Sharad brings over three decades of extensive experience in the technology sector, with a predominant focus on Data and Cloud solutions. Prior to joining Qlik, Sharad was the founder of Mozaic Data, pioneering the development of an innovative Data Product Experience platform designed to enable organizations to build, secure, govern, deploy, and manage domain-centric data products in the cloud. Prior to that, as Global CTO of Accenture’s Data & AI group, Sharad worked with some of the largest data-driven customers assisting them with their data strategy and transformation to Cloud.

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