Anil Sharma LinkedIn Profile

Contact Anil Sharma www.linkedin.com/in/tcs- Global Head, TCS Co-Innovation Network (COIN) anilsharma (LinkedIn) Pune, Maharashtra, India Top Skills Experience Team Management Tata Consultancy Services Strategy 3 years 3 months Pre-sales Global Head, TCS Co-Innovation Network (COIN) July 2024 - Present (5 months) TCS COIN™ brings together a network of start-up, researchers, academics, and corporate worlds to work on collaborative innovations for TCS’ Fortune 1,000 customers and TCS Head, Corporate Incubation September 2021 - October 2024 (3 years 2 months) Since 2008, TCS Incubation has been identifying, building and accelerating emerging businesses that leverage new technologies and business models. It has incubated several new businesses in TCS like Connected Marketing and Internet of Things. Also developed the TCS Entrepreneurship Program to help bright young innovators build high-impact businesses. TCS Incubation has helped Business Groups speed up BG and Unit Level initiatives through co-solution and BG Incubator models and established and scaled RAPID Labs with emerging technology and rapid prototyping capability. Current Incubation Programs include Quantum Computing, Cognitive Transformation, Industrialization of AI(Performance, ML Ops, Ethics, Bias) and Scale-out of TCS RAPID Labs. Digital Impact Square, TCS Foundation Head , Digital Impact Square February 2019 - Present (5 years 10 months) Digital Impact Square (DISQ) based of Nasik is an open social incubator that is building entrepreneurial skills in social Innovation in young Innovators (age group 19-27) from across the country with background in engineering, design and business. DISQ creates social impact by applying human centric design to find opportunities in complex society challenges, find novel innovative solutions by leveraging digital technologies and as same time enabling innovators transformation into change makers. Since 2016, 17 initiatives that have been incubated at DISQ have successfully exited as independent social enterprises Page 1 of 3

www.digitalimpactsquare.com Confederation of Indian Industry Chair, Social Entrepreneurship Committee, CII National Startup Council. September 2020 - September 2021 (1 year 1 month) Tata Consultancy Services 22 years TCS Incubation - Strategy, Products April 2008 - August 2019 (11 years 5 months) Pune a) Incubation of new business for TCS in Digital Marketing (2008-2014) and IoT (2014-2016) b) Setup of TCS Intraprenuership Program (2016-2019) - (An Incubator for internal startups ) that was focused on creating new capabilities for TCS in area of AI, Compliance, Intelligent Operations and Drones via EIR (Entrenprenuer in Residence) Model c) Setup and Guide TCS Rapid Prototyping Lab to demonstrate business possibilities of leveraging Emerging Technologies i.e Cognitive/AI, Robotics, Drone, Immersive Experience (UX, AR/VR), Assistive Technologies and Quantum Computing. Won TATA Innovista 2013 Microsoft Practice Head, TCS North America March 2007 - March 2008 (1 year 1 month) Seattle, Washington, United States Head, Microsoft Solution Center | Redmond, Washington April 2004 - September 2007 (3 years 6 months) I incubated TCS's Microsoft Technology Center at Redmond, WA to support Joint GTM with Microsoft. The center was responsible for a) Technology Adoption and Early adopter program (TAP) for Jt programs with Microsoft for pre-release software b) Delivery of niche and light house solutions to TCS Customers in north america Page 2 of 3

3) Manage relationship with Microsoft Product Groups, DPE, TDMs, Industry Solutions Groups and Product Groups. I also represented TCS at several Microsoft Partner Advisory council (PAC). Also, Managed business relationship with Seattle region tech companies like thePlatform for media(a comcast company) and Radioframe Networks. Enterprise Architect, Team Lead 1997 - March 2004 (7 years) India, Switzerland, US, UK Lead Architect - Microsoft Center of Excellence -2001 to Mar- 2004 Education Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Master of Technology - M. Tech , Applied Mechanics · (June 1995 - December 1996) London Business School Innovation Management for Leaders · (2009) Stanford Center for Professional Development Stanford Engineerng Symposium India : Networking Infra Tech and Emerging Trends TATA Tommorrow University TGeLS- Tata Group Emerging Leadership Seminar · (November 2017 - December 2017) Revenue Storm - Sales Strategy GTM and Revenue acceleration. · (October 2007 - December 2007) Page 3 of 3