Summary
Shivam Sharma is a founder and product-focused engineering leader with a decade of experience building and scaling startups, from being the third engineering hire at Finimize to founding Reflect (acquired) and now leading Astral to tackle AI in education with $2.5M raised. He combines hands-on machine learning and full-stack engineering chops (early work at Capital One and Finimize) with commercial leadership, having grown Lazer’s revenue tenfold to $30M while scaling engineering from 7 to 47. Comfortable switching between CTO and CRO roles, Shivam has a track record of turning prototype products into acquisition targets and enterprise partnerships across brands like NBA, NFL, Fox, and Shopify. Based in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale area and trained at the University of Waterloo, he pairs technical depth with go-to-market instincts and a knack for shipping AI-driven consumer and B2B products.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo