Akshay Sharma

Genai Lead @Novartis

Hyderabad, IN

AI Platforms Built / Engineered / Partnered – Mobi (MS Bot Framework -> Moveworks -> ServiceNow), Enterprise Search (ON, TPPM, RKM etc.), Internal ChatGPT (Langchain, Azure), GAIN (AWS + Amazon Cloud), Copilot Studio (MS Azure, Power Automate) Cloud Technology – Hands on experience in Azure (AI Search, AI Services, Machine Learning, Open AI Service, Custom Vision, Document Intelligence and more), AWS (AWS Q, Bedrock, Transcribe, Polly, Textract, Rekognition, IDP Intelligent Document Processing, AWS Kendra etc.), Frameworks – Langchain, Langfuse, Multi Agent Orchestration, Agentic Workflows and more Passion for understanding indepth upcoming AI and Automation technologies via learn.deepllearning.ai Consulting & Delivery – 40+ AI/GenAI use cases productionized for GAIN, 50+ for Co-Pilot Studio (Low-Code Platforms) with a target of 100 for 2025, 20+ Solutions delivered Out of the Box using Azure / AWS services ($10Mn+) Architecture – Solutioning Architectures for various solutions working with Enterprise & Platform Architecture teams Client Engagement – Robust relationships across senior/middle management across all domains / businesses Communications – Work on comms for new releases / updates / enhancing product reach with Central Comms and as per NVS brand guidelines. Conducted various hackathons on GenAI use cases in India. Next planned for China, Basel & USA Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance - Ensuring all recommended technologies and processes comply with relevant regulatory standards (FDA, EMA, etc.) while working with external + internal FSA/BSE. Finance & Budgeting– Owning the entire P&L for GenAI practice at Novartis along with accountability on $savings and improvement in performance. Presently owning $ 5.5 Mn Operational budget for GenAI development and discovery + 20Mn+ projects in pipeline

M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur

Bachelors, Chemical Engineering

Indian School of Business

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing