Sharath Burla is Senior Partner, Strategic Partner Services, and Industrial and Commercial business unit lead at NCS. In this role, Sharath leads a dedicated group of strategic partner application practices to build next-generation digital portfolio of offerings for our clients globally. In addition, Sharath is focused on helping our Enterprise Industrial and Commercial business clients digitally transform their businesses while supporting their future growth.

Sharath has more than 27 years of business experience including over 21 years of management experience in information technology, digital transformations, ERP, CRM, supply chain management and programme management.

Sharath was most recently the EVP & CEO of NTT Data business solutions APAC. Prior to NTT Data, Sharath held multiple senior management positions in sales, practice, and strategy at DXC Technology (HPE). Prior to DXC (HPE), Sharath held partner and leadership positions at start-ups and fortune 500 companies.

Sharath holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, India, a Masters in Business Administration from California State University, USA, and Masters in Sales Transformation from London. In addition, Sharath holds multiple industry and professional certifications including PMP from PMI, CSCP, SAP, Siebel, ITSM, Six Sigma and others.