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Rohan Sharma

  • Global AI & Leadership Strategist
  • U.S. Department of State Fulbright Specialist (AI)
  • TEDx Speaker
  • Forbes & WEF Contributor

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Rohan Sharma is a globally recognized AI strategist, global lawmaker, and author shaping the future of sovereign governance and institutional trust. He serves as a credentialed U.S. Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (Artificial Intelligence), actively drafting the binding global AI standards. He is also an appointed U.S. Department of State Fulbright Specialist (AI) —an honor formally recognized with Special Congressional Awards from U.S. Representatives Darrell Issa and Kate Sanchez.

His book, AI and the Boardroom (Springer Nature), has become a cornerstone reference for corporate oversight, earning formal citations from both NATO and Google DeepMind . As a 2025 Civic AI Leader with the Aspen Institute and a Technical Contributor to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, his regulatory risk frameworks are utilized by policymakers and Fortune 500 boards globally.

He is the CEO of Zenolabs AI, an enterprise compliance platform backed by two U.S. provisional patents in cryptographic governance. Before transitioning to federal standards, Rohan held senior AI and data leadership roles at Apple, Disney and Thermo Fisher Scientific , driving transformations that impacted over 500 million users.

Sought for his geopolitical and technical foresight, Rohan currently serves as a Riverside County Commissioner and advises Stanford Seed, UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator, and the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. A frequent contributor to the World Economic Forum, Forbes, and VentureBeat, his keynotes uniquely equip executives to navigate the high -stakes intersection of Silicon Valley innovation and sovereign AI regulation.

 

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We brought Rohan in to help our senior leadership team rethink customer strategy – the feedback was incredible.

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"It was great to hear you speak on strategic agility. I really liked how you connected agile methodologies to broader areas of business. The content and insights were fantastic it definitely gave me a new lens."

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Rohan Sharma: Why Silence is the Secret to Speaking Up | TEDx Yale - Get Sharable Link
Talks & Conversations with Rohan Sharma

AI Governance in the Boardroom

Ethical AI, Compliance, and Institutional Trust

Executive Leadership in the Age of Disruption

Scaling Data, Automation, and Digital Reinvention

Human-Centered AI Product Design

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Books by Rohan Sharma
AI and the Boardroom: Insights into Governance, Strategy, and the Responsible Adoption of AI

AI and the Boardroom: Insights into Governance, Strategy, and the Responsible Adoption of AI

Minds of Machines: Decoding the strategic approach to Generative AI Excellence

Minds of Machines: Decoding the strategic approach to Generative AI Excellence

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Press & Media
The $4.8 trillion AI trust crisis: Why public-private partnerships are key for equitable innovation - World Economic Forum
Zenolabs.AI CEO Rohan Sharma Launches First-of-its-Kind Equitable AI Trust Index and Releases Springer Book AI and the Boardroom - Yahoo!Finance
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Biography

Rohan Sharma is a globally recognized AI strategist, global lawmaker, and author shaping the future of sovereign governance and institutional trust. He serves as a credentialed U.S. Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (Artificial Intelligence) , actively drafting the binding global AI standards. He is also an appointed U.S. Department of State Fulbright Specialist (AI) —an honor formally recognized with Special Congressional Awards from U.S. Representatives Darrell Issa and Kate Sanchez.

His book, AI and the Boardroom (Springer Nature), has become a cornerstone reference for corporate oversight, earning formal citations from both NATO and Google DeepMind . As a 2025 Civic AI Leader with the Aspen Institute and a Technical Contributor to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, his regulatory risk frameworks are utilized by policymakers and Fortune 500 boards globally.

He is the CEO of Zenolabs AI, an enterprise compliance platform backed by two U.S. provisional patents in cryptographic governance. Before transitioning to federal standards, Rohan held senior AI and data leadership roles at Apple, Disney and Thermo Fisher Scientific , driving transformations that impacted over 500 million users.

Sought for his geopolitical and technical foresight, Rohan currently serves as a Riverside County Commissioner and advises Stanford Seed, UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator, and the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. A frequent contributor to the World Economic Forum, Forbes, and VentureBeat, his keynotes uniquely equip executives to navigate the high -stakes intersection of Silicon Valley innovation and sovereign AI regulation.

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