Anil Sharma
CEO, 22nd Century Technologies
Mr. Anil Sharma is a serial entrepreneur, a technocrat-business leader, an angel investor, and a philanthropist with a successful career in building and supporting multiple innovative companies. He is a successful first-generation immigrant with humble beginnings who came to the US in 1997 from India with $100. Anil is currently the Chief Executive Officer of 22nd Century Technologies, a government-focused IT Systems integrator and innovative software solutions company. He has diligently nurtured a start-up IT Consulting business into a $500M/6000+ Public Sector focused IT Systems Integrator, supporting the nation's digital transformation and protecting the critical infrastructure. Innovative by nature Anil guided 22nd to piloting and developing custom solutions to address customer problems, and further into productized solutions and to purpose-built software products.
He is an active angel investor, having invested in and mentored several startups and small businesses. Most recently, he sponsored Accelerate Program and TiE Global, committing $1M in seed money to young entrepreneurs building scalable, technology-driven solutions. With his contributions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and service to the community.
Always keen to share his abilities and resources for the betterment of the communities, Anil has volunteered his time through mentoring, active participation in forums and associations, funding outreach initiatives, academic scholarships, paid internships, and sponsoring charitable events. Anil serves as Chairperson of the Advisory Board at Salvation Army Loudoun County and supports many other non-profits - the Missionaries of Charity, Special Olympics, FACETS, Feed the Hungry of Loudoun, and HOPE. Anil views education and skills development as the key driver to societal upliftment and well-being. He has instituted relationships with several schools to identify talented students and provide them with real-world learning opportunities. He is supporting the STEM program in Loudoun County Public Schools. With his contributions, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and service to the community. Anil is also the recipient of Elite Titan by AACC, E&Y Entrepreneur of The Year Finalist, Jewels of Asia Power 30 Award in $100M+ Category, TiE Gov Con Elite Leader, Maryland Tech Council’s Best Company of the Year in Large Government Contractor Category, Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M Finalist, NVTC Top50, NCAIA’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, GovCon Cybersecurity Leader, Forbes Best Large Employer, Newsweek’s America's Greatest Workplace for Diversity, CRN Solution Provider 500, among others.
Anil Sharma holds a Masters in Computers Applications and lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Anupama and their two children.
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