About
Vaibhav Sharma
Founder, DigiEra Advisory · New York metro area
Vaibhav Sharma founded DigiEra Advisory in 2025. Over nearly three decades in banking and financial services, he has built businesses from a standing start, run global P&Ls and led regulated, high-stakes transformations. He brings that operator’s view to the question every client faces: what will it take for a board, a regulator or an investor to say yes?
Key figures
~30 years
in banking and financial services
$60M
global P&L led at Unisys
3 practices
built from zero
Profile
Where strategy meets execution.
Vaibhav’s career spans capital markets, wealth management, retail and commercial banking, credit risk and payments, with roles at Citi, Unisys, CGI, Infosys Consulting, Tavant, Iris Software, ITC Infotech, Hexaware and Innover Digital.
Built from zero.
He has built three practices from a standing start: a $25M+ BankTech business at Tavant, a productized AI and agentic-workflow line of business at Innover Digital, and ITC Infotech’s US banking and financial services practice, including an acquisition. At Unisys he ran a $60M global financial services P&L.
Regulated, high-stakes work.
He led a consent-order data governance plan that was accepted by regulators at a global bank, and an SR 11-7 model-risk platform implementation at a major US bank. Today he advises Tier-1 banks and asset managers on AI strategy and governance. He translates regulation such as SR 11-7 and the EU AI Act into governance that satisfies risk and compliance without stalling innovation.
Today.
Alongside DigiEra Advisory, Vaibhav is co-founder and CEO of Aquon AI, an NYU-incubated platform that brings high-performance computing to portfolio optimization. He also holds board and advisory roles, including with WODI Money.
Career
2026–present
Aquon AI
Co-founder & CEO
2025–present
DigiEra Advisory
Founder
2024–2026
Innover Digital
Vice President
2022–2023
Citi
Strategy Consultant
2020–2022
Tavant
Practice Head, BankTech
2019–2020
Iris Software
Head of Financial Services Solutions
2017–2018
Unisys
Global Head, Financial Services
2015–2017
CGI
Director, Consulting Services
2012–2015
Infosys Consulting
Principal, Business Consulting
2010–2012
Citi
Solution Architect
2008–2010
ITC Infotech
Director, Business Development
1997–2008
Hexaware Technologies
Program & Engagement Manager
Credentials
- AI Governance Professional (AIGP), IAPP
- Emerging Chief Revenue Officer Program, Columbia Business School, 2026
- Business & Impact Planning for Social Enterprise, MIT Solve
- B.E., Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai
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