Dr. Sharma was previously Senior Vice President at Symbol Technologies (now part of Zebra Technology) from 1995 to 2003, overseeing global operations and engineering. During Dr. Sharma’s tenure at Symbol, the revenue increased from $450 Million to more than $1.6 Billion. While leading Symbols Mobile Computing & Wireless Engineering, the company won the National Medal of Technology in 2000, the highest technology award given by the US Government. He also led Symbol to win the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing in 2003 and established Symbol’s software center in India and its manufacturing facility in Mexico and oversaw its operations in US, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, China and India. Prior to his tenure at Symbol, he was Director at Bell Labs and at AT&T Power Systems. He led Lucent Technologies to win the Deming Prize, considered the Noble Prize in Management in 1994, making it the first and still the only American manufacturing company to have this honor. Dr. Sharma also led Lucent to win the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing in 1992. Under Dr. Sharma’s leadership, Lucent also won US Senate productivity Award and the Environmental Excellence Award from US President George Bush.

In 2009-2010, Dr. Sharma was advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Bilcare Technologies and served as Chief Operating Officer of RF Technologies. Dr. Sharma has been a consultant to a dozen startup and small / medium size companies worldwide. Dr. Sharma has written more than 70 technical publications and has received several patents. He holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA degree from the Ohio State University.