About

Akash Sharma is an experienced IT professional and currently serves as the VP of Engineering at Gray Routes AI in Toronto. With over 8 years of progressive experience in leading complex projects and global campaigns, Akash is a trusted and detail-oriented solutions driver. He has been instrumental in driving organizational transformation and growth in the era of digital supply chain disruption spanning across 50+ business units. Gray Routes AI is a CDL-Supply Chain alumni, Nvidia Inception and Scale AI backed startup, as well as StartupFest Montreal winner. The company is pioneering the adoption of AI-enabled real-time location intelligence based Demand Sensing for enterprises through its innovative and award-winning solution GraySense. This solution is being adopted by Fortune 100 companies across diverse sectors. Enterprises benefit from valuable location intelligence, explainable AI, and measurable ROI that comes from inventory savings and big data-based decision making and granular supply chain execution tools. Prior to his current role, Akash served as the Senior Software Engineering Manager at Gray Routes Technology where he led cross-functional teams across 50+ scalable complex client projects. He was responsible for translating business requirements to technical requirements, task assignment, project estimation and roadmap, resource allocation, execution, mentoring cross-functional teams/interns, and evaluating the performance of individuals/teams. He was also actively involved in conducting client meetings along with business development teams as well as people management, recruitment, and team-building activities. Akash holds a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. He also has experience in various technologies such as AI, AWS, Big Data, Web, Android, Mobile, Backend, Research Scientist, GCP, iOS, Frontend, CI/CD, test, UI, Image Processing, product manager, Redis, Javascript, ML, PHP, MySQL, Flask, and Python. Overall, Akash Sharma is an energetic and highly skilled IT professional with extensive experience in leading complex projects and campaigns. He has a proven track record of driving organizational transformation and growth in the era of digital supply chain disruption.