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About Sharon Barr

Sharon is a passionate, high-energy, and visionary leader with over 25 years of proven strategic, technical, and product leadership in the software industry, including 17 years in Silicon Valley, working for world-class high-tech startups and large corporations. He is an expert in taking products from concept to delivery for both small startups and large enterprise companies. Sharon has led local and global teams across cloud and enterprise software architecture, end-to-end software design, product management, scientific analysis, development, and delivery. In his previous roles, Sharon was Global CTO at EY, spearheading innovative product development across sectors such as life sciences, trade, and sustainability. Before that, he was the CTO at Bina Technologies (acquired by Roche), where he led the development of cancer genomic products. At Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE), Sharon was the first VP of Engineering, growing the company to 200 employees and 400 customers. Sharon holds a CS degree from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from San Jose State University (SJSU).