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Sharma bids goodbye to IBM after a decade and a half.
Sharma rose up the ranks at IBM and held various global and regional marketing roles, including those in the Asia Pacific and North America regions. In 2009, she moved to India and subsequently became CMO of IBM India/South Asia. She also served as chairperson of the Data Driven Marketing and Advertising Conference in June 2013.
Sharma is an avid social media consumer. She regularly blogs, and speaks at various IT and digital marketing conferences. She also holds an MBA from New York University in Finance and Entrepreneurship. She enjoys running, golf, sailing and travel.
Last year, LinkedIn India saw Dhiman Mukherji, director, marketing solutions, quitting the company. Earlier that year, LinkedIn named Nishant K Rao as country manager who was until then director, business operations and head of global sales strategy at LinkedIn's Mountain View office. Rao replaced Hari V Krishnan. Krishnan moved into a larger role as managing director, Asia Pacific and Japan.