Sharad Gupta is an accomplished, customer-obsessed leader with a humble approach, consistently learning and building stronger partnerships to deliver transformative outcomes. He is known for building and scaling high-performing engineering teams and possesses a rich cross-industry experience and a sharp, AI-driven product mindset, allowing him to unlock new opportunities by always working backward from customer needs. Sharad brings a rare blend of sales-driven leadership, executional excellence, and customer-centric innovation. He has notably led a large P&L of $1.5B+ for a large IT services company, with a focus on digital and cloud transformation across industries.

Prior to joining Neurealm, Sharad led engineering for the global talent acquisition platform at Amazon, where he drove improvements in hiring speed, quality, and candidate experience. He has consistently grown businesses by building digital engineering centers, scaling high-performing teams, and unlocking new revenue streams through deep customer engagement and selling solutions. Over his career, Sharad has helped enterprise customers across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, and beyond—delivering growth through proactive engagement and strategic innovation. Notably, he played a pivotal role in transforming a large bank into a digital-first fintech and has repeatedly scaled engineering and go-to-market teams by working backward from customer needs.

Based in Richmond, Virginia, Sharad is an outdoor enthusiast, he enjoys hiking, long walks, experimenting in the kitchen, and the occasional round of amateur golf. In his free time, he actively advises early-stage startups, helping founders refine their product strategy and impact.