Sharon Gai
’16SPS, Information & Knowledge Strategy; Author; Keynote Speaker; former Head of Global Accounts, Alibaba
Sharon Gai is an expert in ecommerce, digital transformation and AI. Having both lived and worked in the US and China, she brings experience from the world’s largest developed economy as well the world’s largest developing economy. She helps organizations see how leading companies use AI and innovative business models to disrupt their industry and exceed their competitors. In her tenure at Alibaba, she advised brands and heads of state in crafting their digital strategy with programmatic marketing and AI. She has been the keynote speaker at TEDx, Singularity University, UBS, Nestle, Ecomworld, and Etail. She is in the AAE list of Top Keynote Speakers in 2023. She has appeared on ABC, CBC, CCTV, Techcrunch, Retail Asia, Wired, and The Next Web. She is the author of the book, Ecommerce Reimagined: what we can learn in retail and ecommerce from China. Sharon has an Honors Bachelor’s degree in International Development from McGill and a Masters in Information and Knowledge Strategy from Columbia University.
