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Sharda Kumari

Job Title: Tech Lead Manager
Company: Airbnb
Industry: Technology | Data Analytics | Travel & Hospitality
Mentor Since: Fall 2025
Will Mentor: Graduate Students
Mentor Type: Albers
Profile

Background

Job Description

Business Technology Leader with 16+ yrs of experience in Enterprise Architecture.

 

Company Description

Travel and Hospitality

Employment History

Accomplished Global Business Technology leader offering a wealth of experience in CRM and Enterprise Architecture. A Salesforce systems architect and Thought leader, I bring order to chaos, enhancing sales & customer experience systems and applications infrastructure to help businesses grow, expand, and scale their operations.

Specialties:
‣ Global Business Applications Strategy, Development, Mentorship and Leadership
‣ Salesforce Expertise: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud
‣ Business Process Improvement & Redesign
‣ IT SOX Governance and Compliance
‣ Agile and Water Fall project management Methodologies
‣ Data Warehouse & Integration solutions: Airflow, Hive, SQL, MyL-SQL

Education

Master of Technology (I.T.)

When and where do you hold meetings with your students?

I am not based in Seattle, so the mentor relationship will be 100% virtual. 

Additional Information

I strive towards advancing the cause of generosity and giving back to the community. I have been prominent in ventures supporting Women and Non-binary Tech Talent by mentoring women and underrepresented groups in the technology industry.