Senior Vice President

day by 110 million global users for 35 million hours. As vice president of product management for Yahoo Search & Commerce Vivek Sharma (Yahoo Shopping, Yahoo Travel, Yahoo Autos, Yahoo Homes), he launched digital innovations Senior Vice President, that served 500 million daily visits and drove Digital Guest Experience $2 billion in revenue. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Prior to Yahoo, Vivek was an associate partner with McKinsey & Company in the firm’s Chicago and Singapore offices, serving various Fortune 500 technology, media and telecommunications firms on business and technology strategy, product innovation and operational turnarounds. He began his career as a sales manager with the Aditya Birla Group in Bangkok, Thailand.

Based in Glendale, California, Vivek graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi As senior vice president, Digital Guest and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France. He Experience for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, has served on the board of Indian American Vivek Sharma leads digital transformation for Council, is a member of the World Digital 50 Disney’s iconic theme parks, resorts, cruise community and currently teaches business line, timeshare program and guided family innovation as an adjunct professor at the adventures. His team leverages digital Marshall School of Business at the University technology to grow a multi-billion-dollar of Southern California. eCommerce business as well as design, build and operate physical-plus-digital guest experiences for 120M+ annual Guests across five lines of business globally - theme park attractions & entertainment, photo imaging, resorts & transportation, food & beverage, and merchandise. Additionally, Vivek is an executive mentor for Disney Accelerator, advising a group of promising start-ups selected by Disney for investment.

Vivek joined The Walt Disney Company in 2013 after four years of product leadership at Yahoo in Sunnyvale, California. As general manager for Yahoo Mail and Messenger, he led product management, design and engineering efforts for communication products used every