Shubber Ali

Shubber Ali is co-Founder/CEO of Centriq, a software platform designed to connect homeowners with everything they need to know about their house in an easy to use app. Previously, he was Vice President of Strategic Innovation for Salesforce.com (Forbes’ “Most Innovative Company” for the past 4 years), where he helped C-Level executives atFortune 100 companies develop and execute on transformational business process innovation initiatives across retail, banking, and manufacturing. Prior to that, he was an Executive with Accenture Management Consulting, and led the firm's Innovation Consulting work in Silicon Valley, serving large corporations globally in developing new ventures and bringing them to market. Shubber was also a co-founder, advisor, and Angel investor in numerous startup ventures, including Flaik - an innovative award-winning private equity backed technology company in the consumer products and informatics space. Shubber serves on the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Alumni Advisory Committee (MAAC) and as an Adjunct Professor teaching Innovation Management in the Georgetown Executive MBA program. He is a regularly featured speaker on process and disruptive innovation and strategy topics and has published numerous articles on topics ranging from innovation to management of core competencies in corporations. He also serves as a Consultant to the World Bank on digital infrastructure in developing markets.

Education

• Caltech (1986 — 1989)
• St. John's College (NM) (1987 — 1988)
• Long Beach Polytechnic (1983 — 1986)

Companies

• Global Managing Director - Elevate Data Driven Innovation & Digital Transformation Elastic (2021)
• Guest Lecturer Emory University - Goizueta Business School (2020)
• Adjunct Professor, Innovation Management Georgetown University Executive MBA (2011)
• Global Lead, Accenture Startup Corps & Managing Director, Digital Innovation Accenture (2017 — 2021)
• co CEO/Founder Centriq Technology Inc (2015 — 2017)
• Vice President Strategic Innovation salesforce.com (2012 — 2015)
• Global Lead - Enterprise Innovation & Digital Transformation Accenture (2007 — 2012)
• co-Founder & Director Flaik Inc (2002 — 2007)
• Group Manager, Operations Risk Strategy Capital One Financial (2001 — 2002)