Summary
Shikha Sharma is a product manager in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience bridging software engineering and product strategy, and over 8 years focused on AI and data-driven products. She has led technical product efforts at major enterprises including Visa, JPMorgan Chase, and The Washington Post, shipping solutions that sit at the intersection of ML, platform engineering, and user-facing applications. Her background as a software engineer and NLP research intern gives her a strong hands-on competence in model evaluation, data pipelines, and mobile engineering, which she pairs with formal training in Information Systems from the University of Utah. She’s mentored founders and students on tech entrepreneurship and has a track record of navigating product pivots during organizational restructuring, demonstrating resilience and operational grit. Notably, she combines deep technical fluency with classroom teaching experience, enabling her to translate complex engineering trade-offs into clear product decisions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Systems, Master's degree Information Systems at University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology at G. Narayanamma Institute Of Technology And Science
Technology Entrepreneruship Programme Technology Entrepreneurship, Technology Entrepreneruship Programme Technology Entrepreneurship at Indian School of Business
English, Hindi, Telugu