Sumit Sharma

Partner at McKinsey

Tokyo, Japan

About

The opinions shared on this profile are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the official position of McKinsey & Company. —- I am passionate, energetic and purpose driven. A self starting systems thinker who can efficiently drive outcomes. I have proven to have strong persuasion and relationship building skills and am a sales, business development and evangelism ninja having worked on several dozen $MM deals. I have built and led teams several times, from <5 to 30+ cross functional engineers, product, sales and marketing members. Deep technical expertise in APIs and Microservices, Software Architecture, Cloud Computing, DevSecOps, Digital Stacks of the future, Middleware and Enterprise Integration.

Experience

  • McKinsey & Company (2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Partner
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      Executive coach and mentor Turnaround expert Tech guy

    • Partner
      May 2025 - Nov 2025 · 7 mos

    • Sr. Advisor
      Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Co-Founder at LakshyaMe
    Feb 2020 - May 2025 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    API Infra + Ecosystem platforms + developers for Banks and NBFCs

  • New Frontier CTO, GTM and Business Development Advisor at Various Startups
    Jan 2020 - May 2025 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    Product, Technology Stack, Business Development and Growth Strategy for Startups

  • Founder at Journey Software
    2016 - May 2025 · 9 yrs 5 mos

    Enabling organizations to transform culture by improving productivity, and ultimately happiness.

  • Guest Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
    Jan 2015 - May 2025 · 10 yrs 5 mos

    Lecturing to MBA students about enterprise digital strategies and topics around the intersection of business and technology.